| Family | IRIDACEAE |
| Genus species | Iris tigridia Bunge ex Ledeb. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Altaic. 1: 60 (1829) |
| Native Range | sw. Siberia to China |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| 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 | perennial |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Iris pandurata Maxim. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai) 37 Mongolia |