The Blue Flag:
The Act respecting the flag and emblems of Québec, adopted in the fall of 1999, consecrates the blue flag (Iris versicolor Linné) as the new floral emblem of Québec. The blue flag is an indigenous spring flower that grows on over half of Québec’s territory, from the St. Lawrence Valley to the shores of James Bay. The heraldic fleur-de-lis on the Québec flag was long considered the floral emblem of Québec.
