Family | IRIDACEAE |
Genus species | Iris psammocola Y.T.Zhao |
Bibliography | Acta Phytotax. Sin. 30: 181 (1992) |
Native Range | s. Siberia to Inner Mongolia and Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | leaves narrowly linear, 8-13cm, sharply acute, floral stems subterranean, 3-4cm, thin, spathes 2, lanceolate, 3-4cm, flowers 4-5cm, tube of perianth thin, 4-5cm |
Size | 10-15cm |
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 potaninii var. arenaria Doronkin |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, TVA Tuva) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia) 37 Mongolia |