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El Paso County Wildflower Project - Western Blue Flag Iris

Western Blue Flag Iris

Bloom Season: May - August

Habitat: thrives in wet, high-elevation meadows, along creeks, and in open woodland areas

Photography Notes: Susceptible to a breeze

Credits: Jason Fazio, 5 June

Iris missouriensis (syn. I. montana) is a hardy flowering rhizomatous species of the genus Iris, in the family Iridaceae. Its common names include western blue flag, Rocky Mountain iris,[4] and Missouri flag.

It is native to western North America. Its distribution is varied; it grows at high elevations in mountains and alpine meadows and all the way down to sea level in coastal hills.[5][6]

El Paso County Wildflower Project - Western Blue Flag Iris

Image Credit: Jason Fazio

El Paso County Wildflower Project - Western Blue Flag Iris

Image Credit: Jason Fazio

El Paso County Wildflower Project - Western Blue Flag Iris

Image Credit: Jason Fazio

El Paso County Wildflower Project - Western Blue Flag Iris

Image Credit: Jason Fazio

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Western Blue Flag (native) is one of many wildflowers featured in the El Paso CO Wildflower Project, a community-built field guide documenting the wildflowers of El Paso County, Colorado.