Family | IRIDACEAE |
Genus species | Iris decora Wall. |
Bibliography | Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 77 (1830) |
Native Range | sc. China to Pakistan and Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 2800-3100m |
Description | roots tuberous, leaves linear, 10-35cm, floral stems sometimes ramose, spathes 3, green, lanceolate, 2-flowered, 3-6cm, outer tepals spreading, obovate, midst yellow |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | violet, pale blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuberous perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division of tubers in late summer |
Synonyms | Evansia nepalensis (D.Don) Klatt Iris decora var. leucantha X.D.Dong & Y.T.Zhao Iris nepalensis D.Don Iris nepalensis var. khasiana Baker Iris sulcata Wall. Iris yunnanensis H.Lév. Junopsis decora (Wall.) Wern.Schulze Junopsis yunnanensis (H.Lév.) M.B.Crespo & al. Neubeckia decora (Wall.) Klatt Neubeckia sulcata (Wall.) Klatt |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |