Dwarf Lake Iris

Dwarf Lake Iris
Dwarf Lake Iris
Conservation status

Vulnerable (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Subfamily: Iridoideae
Tribe: Irideae
Genus: Iris
Species: I. lacustris
Binomial name
Iris lacustris
Nutt.

The Dwarf Lake Iris (Iris lacustris) is a beardless rhizomatous iris (genus Iris, subgenus Limniris) native to the northern shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.[1]

In 1998 it was designated the state wildflower of Michigan,[2] where the vast majority of populations exist.[3] The dwarf lake iris is also found on the Door Peninsula of Wisconsin and the Bruce Peninsula and Manitoulin Island in Ontario, as well as on smaller islands in both lakes. It grows on alvars.[4] Iris lacustris is designated a threatened species by federal, state and provincial laws throughout its range.[5]

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