Planted as a garden ornamental a long time ago at the old Baldwin farmstead on History Trail, which was abandoned in the 1960’s. So this iris has persisted long after cultivation. Leaves are sword-like, eventually up to 3 feet tall and about 2 inches wide (A). The flowers are yellow and white, with purple markings and yellow “beards” (A,B,C). The flower structure, as in other irises, has flower parts in sets of threes. Technically, the upright set of 3 (standards) are the petals while the drooping, bearded outer set of 3 (falls) are modified sepals. The pink to purple variety of this iris, growing at the same site, is simply a color variant of the same species (D,E).