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Yellow Iris

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Yellow Flag
A perennial herb, the dried rhizome of which contains alkaloids, salicylates, tannin, and volatile oil; yellow flag was once used as a blood purifier, for flatulence, headaches, heartburn, colic, skin complaints
Toxicity Fresh yellow flag root is poisonous, and may cause gastrointestinal pain, nausea, vomiting

yellow iris
irispseudacorus.


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Identified for being a green bird with a gray head, Senegal parrots are famous for sporting different colored under parts, either its belly or vest with a bright yellow iris.
The yellow iris is an astringent, and licorice may inhibit melanin production.
Byline: John Dempsey THE first spears of yellow iris and the widening basal leaves of evening primrose were warming to the heart, but a sharp flurry of snow was enough to remind me that winter is still with us.
 
 
 
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