| Family | IRIDACEAE |
| Genus species | Iris ventricosa Pall. |
| Bibliography | Reise Russ. Reich. 3: 712 (1776) |
| Native Range | s. Siberia to n. China |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Description | leaves grey-green, linear, 20-50cm, on base brown vaginate, spathes 3, yellow-green, ovate, 6-8cm, ventricose, 2-flowered, long acuminate, flowers 6-7cm |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | pale violet |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cryptobasis ventricosa (Pall.) M.B.Crespo & al. Sclerosiphon ventricosum (Pall.) Rodion. Xyridion ventricosum (Pall.) Klatt |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (CTA Chita) 31 Russian Far East (PRM Primorye) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |