Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Iris pseudacorus L.

Family: Iridaceae

Origin: introduce

Common names:

Corn flag [Corn-flag] (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Daggers (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

False sweet flag [False sweet-flag] (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Flagons (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Jacob's sword [Jacob's-sword] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Pale-yellow iris [Paleyellow iris] (Present) (50)

Sword flag [Sword-flag] (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Water-seg (1900) (158)

Water-skegs (1923?, obsolete by 1923) (156)

Yellow flag (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Yellow flag iris [Yellowflag iris] (1923-1942) (138, 155)

Yellow iris (1919-1977) (3, 107)

Yellow water flag [Yellow water-flag] (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Yellow water skegs [Yellow water-skegs] (1900-1913) (5, 158)

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