Gad is another ordinary common noun in Hebrew. It means 'good luck'. We all want as much of it as we can get. So it is not surprising that it became a proper noun, the name of some people, a tribe of Israel, and a god. The god Gad was not ordinarily identified with Baal.
There currently are five recognized species in the Series Hexagonae, as the Louisiana iris group within the Genus Iris is called. They are: I. brevicaulis, I. fulva, I. hexagona, I. giganticaerulea and I. nelsonii.
(Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus) - 01a) The leaves of the yellow Iris are long, flat and upright with a sword-like appearance. A flower bud can be seen in the upper left of the photo. According to the literature, only one flower grows at the terminal, or upper end of each flower stalk.