Field notes from the author of 60 Hikes Madison and Hiking Wisconsin
bladder campion blue blue flower blue iris blue wildflowers colombine flower fall fuschia hiking invasive lilies of wisconsin may apple mayapple berries mayapple leaf native nonnative northern iris orange wildflowers perennial pink prairie pointers prairie smoke photo purple purple avens photo purple flowers purple shooting star purple wildflowers red red trillium red wildflower river spring strawberry flowers summer violet violets white white shooting star flowers white wildflowers wild strawberries wild violets wisconsin state flower wisconsin trillium yellow yellow wildflower
Appears: Spring and summer, perennial
Non-native to Wisconsin
About 2-3 feet tall
This flower likes to be by the water. It is a European transplant that managed to get out of someone’s garden one day and now can be found along swampy areas, lakes, and rivers here in Wisconsin.
Photo taken on the Lower Wolf River from a canoe with a Canon PowerShot S100 12.1 MP Digital Camera
with an underwater housing
2 responses to “Yellow Flag Iris”
[…] Wildflowers grew along the banks and some grassy islands in the center. Here is a yellow flag iris. […]
This flower is the fleur des lys, the heraldic lily of France. It certainly is a European introduction, but dating back to when the Midwest was called New France (1640-1760).