Family | IRIDACEAE |
Genus species | Iris humilis Georgi |
Bibliography | Bemerk. Reise Russ. Reich 1: 196 (1775) |
Native Range | e. European Russia to n. China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | roots thick, leaves linear, 5-15cm, floral stems short, spathes 2-3, narrowly lanceolate, 1-2-flowered, apex acuminate, flowers 4-5cm, tube of perianth 2-4cm |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | yellow |
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, 13-16°C division in late summer |
Synonyms | Iris dahurica Herb. ex Klatt Iris flavissima Pall. Iris flavissima ssp. transuralensis Ugr. Iris humilis f. foliata Kuntze Joniris humilis (Georgi) Klatt |
Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KHA Khabarovsk, PRM Primorye) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |