Iris of the marshes
The iris of the marshes ( Iris pseudacorus , or Iris false-Sweet flag, yellow Iris or flames of water) is a long-lived herbaceous plant of the family of the Iridacée S.
She is common in Europe, North Africa and in the Middle East, in wet places: ditches, ponds, ponds, marshes, river, girdles reeds, sometimes associated with the laîches and carex, always out of not very deep water. Not very demanding as for its exposure, the iris develops however better with heat and the light.
It is used in the systems of lagunage for its purifying capacity.
Flowering: May-June. The fruits are ripe in July /août and are capsules with three compartments: triloculaires , floating and carried by water. However, the seeds can germinate only with the light.
The flower which inspired the emblem of kings de France, the flower of lily , is not a flower of lily but a flower of Iris pseudacorus.
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