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Photographer: Margery Melgaard
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Family Iridaceae
Iris lacustris Nutt.
dwarf lake iris
Iris: named for the Greek goddess of the rainbow
lacustris: of or pertaining to lakes
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Threatened (Federally Threatened) |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 2"-3" tall forb, mostly with no stem |
| Flower: | blue, 6-parted, 2" wide, mostly stalkless; blooms May-June |
| Fruit: | capsule |
| Leaf: | arching, greater than 1/3" wide, linear |
| Habitat: | woods often under white cedar, Lake Michigan shores; in limy, gravelly soil |
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