Plant Details

Accepted name:: Iris versicolor L. [Iridaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
blue flag	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
blue flag iris	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
blue flag root	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
blug flag	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
brokiris	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
flag lily	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
haimavati vachaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
harlequin blueflag	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
iris	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
iris variable	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
iris versicolor	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
iris versicolore	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
larger blue flag	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
liver lily	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
northern blue flag	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
poison flag	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
purple iris	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
varied-color iris	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
verschiedenfarbige schwertlilie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
water flag	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wild iris	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Rhizome		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Iris boltoniana Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1860: 31 (1860), nom. illeg.
Iris caurina Herb. ex Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 206 (1839).
Iris dierinckii K.Koch Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1853(App.): 17 (1853).
Iris flaccida Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 13: 41 (1846).
Iris picta Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 16 (1768).
Iris pulchella Regel Gartenflora 8: 310 (1859).
Iris versicolor f. albocaerulea Rousseau Canad. J. Res., Sect. C, Bot. Sci. 28(C): 241 (1952).
Iris versicolor var. blandescens Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 115 (1913).
Iris versicolor var. communis Torr. Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 36 (1824).
Iris versicolor var. flaccida (Spach) Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 141 (1877).
Iris versicolor f. murrayana Fernald Rhodora 38: 52 (1936).
Iris versicolor var. robusta Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 55 (1930).
Iris versicolor var. sulcata Torr. Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 35 (1824).
Limniris versicolor (L.) Rodion. Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 92: 552 (2007).
Xiphion flaccidum (Spach) Alef. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 21: 297 (1863).
Xiphion versicolor (L.) Alef. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 21: 297 (1863).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Iris versicolor	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Iris versicolor L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Iris versicolour Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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