| Iris verna | |
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| A blooming clump of Iris verna var. smalliana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Genus: | Iris |
| Subgenus: | Iris subg. Limniris |
| Section: | Iris sect. Limniris |
| Series: | Iris ser. Vernae |
| Species: | I. verna
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| Binomial name | |
| Iris verna | |
Iris verna, the dwarf violet iris, is a species of flowering plant in the iris family (Iridaceae).[1] It is endemic to the eastern United States from Maryland to Florida along the Atlantic Coast, west to Mississippi, and inland to Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio.[2][3][4] It occurs in nutrient-poor acidic soils of open to semi-shaded woodlands.[3]
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Iris verna". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "Iris verna". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ a b Iris verna Flora of North America
- ^ Tom S. Cooperrider, Allison Cusick, John T. Kartesz (Editors) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ohio&pg=PA92 agWRx_4tfLoC , p. 92, at Google Books