Family | IRIDACEAE |
Genus species | Iris bungei Maxim. |
Bibliography | Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3. 26: 509 (1880) |
Native Range | n. China to e. Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | leaves linear, veined, on base long vaginate, floral stems sometimes absent, spathes 3, green, ovate, 8-10mm, 2-flowered, flowers 5-7cm, tube of perianth filiform |
Size | |
Color | pale violet |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
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 | Cryptobasis bungei (Maxim.) M.B.Crespo & al. Iris bungei var. sochondinensis Galanin Sclerosiphon bungei (Maxim.) Rodion. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central) 37 Mongolia |