Family | IRIDACEAE |
Genus species | Iris potaninii Maxim. |
Bibliography | Bull. Acad. Sci. Saint=Pétersbourg, sér. 3. 26: 528 (1880) |
Native Range | s. Siberia to China and Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 800-5000m |
Description | leaves linear, 5-15cm, apiculate, floral stems under ground, spathes narrowly lanceolate, 4-5cm, membranous, 1-flowered, flowers 3-5cm, tube of perianth 2-4cm |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | yellow, violet, purple |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division in late summer |
Synonyms | Iris flavissima var. rupestris Bunge Iris thoroldii Baker ex Hemsl. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 37 Mongolia |