Delaware Quarter
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Delaware Quarter
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Blue Flag
Iris versicolor
Iridaceae (iris family)
These tall, beautiful irises are also known as flags because of their long, narrow leaves - like the banners carried by medieval knights. Their intricate multicolored blossoms explain the name iris: in Greek mythology Iris was the goddess of the rainbow and served as a messenger to the gods. Versicolor means "variously colored." The mature long leaves of this plant were collected and dried to be woven into baskets and rush seats and backs for chairs. The iris blossom, sometimes called fleur-de-lis, served as the model for the emblem of French royalty.
What an incredible repertoire of beauty and meaning come together in our native flags! In many northeastern towns and villages there is a Flag Swamp Road, indicating an old region where they grew.
The iris family embraces about fifteen hundred species in almost sixty genera, distributed in temperate and tropical regions, and more than two hundred species native to northern temperate zones. Many gardeners grow colorful iris varieties.
Blue flag is also called water flag, poison flag, and liver lily. In Middle English, the word flagge referred to a rush or reed, and this attractive native wildflower flourishes in marshes and wet meadows as well as in drier meadows. It grows from Labrador to Manitoba; James Bay, Ontario, south to Virginia; and west through Ohio to Wisconsin and Minnesota. The coastal slender blue flag, Iris prismatica, has very narrow, grass-like leaves only a quarter inch wide. A smaller southern blue flag, I. virginica, which rarely reaches two feet tall, grows from Virginia to Florida and west to Texas in wetlands. These irises can grow in ever-enlarging, cosmopolitan groups. White varieties also occur near blue colonies.
Close relatives are the more diminutive blue-eyed grass, Sisyrinchium angustifolium and S. montanum. These ancient American Indian medicinals are widespread across North America. The tall, rugged yellow flag, I. pseudacorus, introduced from Europe, escaped cultivation and also spread widely. It, too, has native medicinal uses.
The tall, sword-like grayish-green leaves of blue flags arise from sturdy, creeping rootstocks. From May to July, these irises flaunt their violet to pale blue blossoms with attractive yellow, green, or white veins and markings on the large recurved petals (sepals). The flowers can be two to four inches wide, sometimes branched, atop sturdy stalks. In late summer the flowers ripen into erect three-lobed green capsules filled with-dark seeds. These woody iris pods mature to dark brown, with shiny interior chambers (exposed when they open), and stand tall through winter snowstorms to mark the thick rhizomes underground. The woody pods are considered "climax flowers," or final flowers, and are often gathered for winter bouquets.
Traditional uses:
Blue flag has a long history of healing uses among the many Native American tribes throughout its range. The rhizomes, though extremely poisonous, were valued root medicines among Eastern Woodland Indians and many others. They were dried and used in small amounts both topically or internally, very diluted, and were included in compounds and formulas to treat a variety of disorders from indigestion to rheumatism.
Some tribes planted blue flag near their dwellings and villages among other important medicinals. For example, William Bartram (1791) recorded the cultivation of "little plantations" of blue flag near the Creek Indian town of Attasse. The Delaware made a root medicine from blue flag for treating rheumatism, scrofula (glandular, lymphatic, and respiratory infections), and liver and kidney disorders. The Mohegans pulverized the root for an external pain-relief poultice, bound by mixing it with flour. The Seneca used the rhizomes for a physic, to treat problems of menses, and to help in4uce labor, and Creek Indians used them in decoctions taken as strong cathartics during times of fasting and grieving.
Modern uses:
Today, herbalists recommend blue flag as a blood purifier and to treat skin problems. The dried rhizome, tinctured for use in dilute formulas, also aids digestion. Decoctions of the rhizome are worked into healing salves and creams for skin care. In small doses, blue flag works to detoxify the body by increasing urination and bile production. It acts with a mild laxative effect as well as the internal cleansing action, helping to treat chronic skin diseases such as acne and eczema. It especially treats gallbladder problems and constipation, which contribute to these skin conditions. Blue flag in small doses will relieve nausea and vomiting, but in large doses it causes these reactions. Many cautions are attached to the use of this powerful healing herb.
Cautions:
Blue flag is toxic and should not be used for self-medication. People with skin sensitivities may develop a rash after touching the rootstocks, so wear gloves and wash your hands immediately after handling the rhizomes. Do not take during pregnancy.
Growth needs and propagation:
The foliage and blooms of blue flag are very desirable in the medicine wheel garden, especially in the blue section. The winter forms, too, are quite attractive and tantalize the songbirds that come for the seeds. After the plants have finished flowering in late summer, cut the leaves back to about four to eight inches and divide the rhizomes with a sharp knife or shovel. Plant each piece of rhizome, with attached leaf clump, horizontally just beneath the soil and pat it down well. The healthiest divisions will flower the next year.
Seeds can easily be collected from the dried, mature pods as soon as they split open. Sow the seeds immediately about one-third of an inch deep in the desired location outdoors where they can over-winter and germinate in the spring. It will take about three years for plants to mature and flower from seeds. Once established, blue flag will spread and self-seed naturally until you get a large colony.
Companions:
Blue flag grows well in most locations and keeps good company with cardinal flower and jack-in-the-pulpit and yarrow, as they seem to strengthen one another. This combination gives you a flowery red, white, and blue.
Where can I buy Blue Flag ( Iris versicolor )?
ZooScape.com has a wide selection of Blue Flag capsules, powder and tea.
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