swap_horiz Blue Flag Iris Alternatives

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Showy Lady's Slipper

Showy lady's slipper, Cypripedium reginae, is a North American orchid associated with wet habitats, including fens and m...

Wetland Spring Orchid Pink White

8.74 Great

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Common Camas

Common camas, Camassia quamash, is a bulb-forming perennial wildflower native to western North America. It produces clus...

Meadow Blue Spring Native

8.48 Great

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Virginia Bluebells

Virginia bluebells, Mertensia virginica, are spring-flowering woodland plants native to eastern North America. Their bud...

Blue Spring Ephemeral Woodland

8.46 Great

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Texas Bluebonnet

The Texas bluebonnet, *Lupinus subcarnosus*, is a native wildflower species found throughout Texas. It’s notable as the...

Blue Spring Texas Legume

8.37 Great

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Wild Blue Phlox

Wild blue phlox, Phlox divaricata, is a herbaceous perennial native to woodlands and forest margins in eastern North Ame...

Blue Spring Woodland Native

8.16 Great

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Blue Wild Indigo

Blue Wild Indigo (Baptisia australis) is a robust herbaceous perennial belonging to the legume family, native to the pra...

Blue Spring Tall Prairie

7.91 Good

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Great Blue Lobelia

Great blue lobelia (*Lobelia siphilitica*) is an erect, herbaceous perennial wildflower native to moist woodlands and st...

Blue Wetland Summer Tall

7.82 Good

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Wild Hyacinth

Wild Hyacinth is a bulbous perennial wildflower belonging to the genus Camassia, native to the woodlands and meadows of...

Blue Spring Bulb Woodland

7.82 Good

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Wild Calla

Wild calla (Calla palustris) is a perennial wetland plant found across northern temperate and boreal regions of Europe,...

Wetland Spring White Native

7.74 Good

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Blue Phlox

Blue phlox (Phlox divaricata), also called woodland phlox, is a semi-evergreen perennial native to deciduous forests of...

Blue Spring Woodland Fragrant

7.73 Good

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Marsh Marigold

Marsh Marigold, scientifically named Caltha palustris, is a perennial wildflower belonging to the buttercup family, Ranu...

Wetland Spring Yellow Early

7.73 Good

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Wild Lupine

Wild Lupine (Lupinus perennis) is a native flowering legume of the pea family found primarily in the eastern and midwest...

Blue Spring Northeast Legume

7.64 Good

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Prairie Larkspur

Prairie larkspur (Delphinium carolinianum) is an herbaceous perennial native to the North American tallgrass prairies an...

Blue Spring Toxic Prairie

7.64 Good

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Wild Blue Iris

The Wild Blue Iris (*Iris missouriensis*), alternatively known as the Rocky Mountain iris, is a rhizomatous perennial be...

Blue Wetland Spring Northeast

7.54 Good

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Dwarf Larkspur

Dwarf larkspur, Delphinium tricorne, is a herbaceous perennial wildflower native to woodlands of eastern and central Nor...

Blue Spring Toxic Woodland

7.45 Good

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Bluets

Bluets (Houstonia caerulea), also known as Quaker Ladies, are small perennial wildflowers native to eastern North Americ...

Meadow Blue Tiny Spring

7.27 Good

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Spring Cress

Spring cress (Cardamine bulbosa) is a perennial wildflower in the mustard family native to eastern North America. It pro...

Wetland Spring White Native

7.02 Good

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Marsh Blue Violet

Marsh blue violet is the common name for Viola cucullata, a perennial violet native to eastern North America. It grows i...

Blue Wetland Spring Five Petaled

6.72 Fair

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Blue-eyed Grass

Blue-eyed grass is the common name for species of Sisyrinchium, a genus in the iris family rather than the grass family....

Meadow Blue Spring Grass Like

6.44 Fair

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Yellow Flag Iris

Yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus) is a rhizomatous perennial in the iris family, Iridaceae, that grows in wet soils, m...

Wetland Spring Yellow Invasive

3.86 Poor