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|familia=Iridaceae
|genus=Iris
|species=lacustris
|taxo_author=Nutt.
|common_name=Dwarf Lake Iris
|lifespan=perennial
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The '''Dwarf Lake Iris''' (''Iris lacustris'') is a tiny [[Iris (plant)|iris]] species [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to the northern shores of [[Lake Michigan]] and [[Lake Huron]]. In 1998 it was designated the state wildflower of [[Michigan]], where the vast majority of populations exist, though other small pockets exist. ''Iris lacustris'' is designated a threatened species.
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Iris lacustris, Nutt. Similar to I. cristata in size and foliage except that the lvs. are rather narrower and sometimes wavy margined and the perianth-tube is only ½ -1 in. long, shorter than the spathe-valves: fls. blue; segms. expanded above: caps, ovoid, borne on a pedicel of about its own length. Shores of Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Superior.
Iris lacustris, Nutt. Similar to I. cristata in size and foliage except that the lvs. are rather narrower and sometimes wavy margined and the perianth-tube is only ½ -1 in. long, shorter than the spathe-valves: fls. blue; segms. expanded above: caps, ovoid, borne on a pedicel of about its own length. Shores of Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Superior.
