Re: Wild Iris in Florida.

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Depends on your taxonomic preference. Flora of North America recognizes Iris savannarum as distinct from Iris hexagona, separable in Florida among other things by blooming about a month earlier. Your early bloomer would be savannarum. You might even be a bit too far south for the other species. The two are also frequently considered just varieties of hexagona. Here's some photos of a plant I collected in Florida that seems to be the "true" hexagona.. When I saw it the first week of April in northern Florida, there were not even any flower stalks visible. I also saw a beautiful eastern diamondback rattlesnake in the same area!