| Family | IRIDACEAE |
| Genus species | Iris tigridia Bunge ex Ledeb. |
| Synonyms | Iris pandurata Maxim. |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | leaves dark or grey green, nitid, narrowly linear, 5-30cm, sharply acute, floral stems under ground, spathes 2, yellow-green, membranous, 1-flowered, flowers 3-5cm |
| Size | 5-25cm |
| Color | deep blue, purple |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division in late summer |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Altay , Tuva ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) China (China South-Central , Inner Mongolia , Manchuria , China North-Central , Qinghai ) Mongolia |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | IRIDACEAE
tigridia fortis Y.T.Zhao, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18: 60 (1980)
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