County Flower Of Middlesex The Yellow Flag Iris

Every county in England has it's own county flowers. The best known being the white rose of York and the red rose of Lancaster. One of the lesser known County Flowers is the yellow flag iris, the county flower of the second smallest county, Middlesex.

An acre in Middlesex is better than a principality in Utopia!

Yellow Flag Iris

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Subfamily: Iridoideae
Tribe: Irideae
Genus: Iris
Subgenus: Limniris
Section: Limniris
Species: I. pseudacorus

The yellow flag iris is a great plant for around a pond and gives a real splash of colour!