Wild Iris

...well, now that I'm very impressed with you...I look forward to your further insights...pleased to meet you...:)

Anyway, as I'm coming from "Iridaceae country" I'm gonna tell you a story behind the name of Irises.The name Iris derives from the name of the Greek goddess Iride who was considered to be the invocations of all other gods (in greek Iris literally means rainbow), and in Croatia we call them Perunika which derives from the name of the supreme pagan Old-slavic God in power of thunder storms whose name is Perun (he was usually associated with the mountains peeks) and his beautiful wife goddess Perunika. In different parts of Croatia you can find some other names like: swaying flower and it was just another name for the same goddess Perunika. Other Croatian local names given by the beauty of the flower follow the description of divine Perunika, like: Big Goddness, Orcid/House from Heaven but some names are related to the form of leaves which are resembling a sword or a saber, like the name Spade used from the locals on Istrian peninsula where I leave, that comes from lat. spadix - meaning sword.

Thank you for your input injica , I used your ID suggestion:) I hope to get many more photos of these iris in the coming year. The petals are rather thin on this wild specimen, it may not be getting the best nutrients in its particular growing environment. But there are several more I'll photograph, when available, to compare it to.

Look like Blue English Iris but yours has slightly thinner petals...