| Family | IRIDACEAE |
| Genus species | Iris lactea Pall. |
| Bibliography | Reise Russ. Reich. 3: 713 (1776) |
| Native Range | Temp. Asia to w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 600-3800m |
| Description | leaves grey-green, linear, rigid, spathes green, lanceolate, 5-10cm, 2-4-flowered, acuminate, flowers 5-8cm, tube of perianth very short |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | pale violet, yellow |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division of tubers in late summer |
| Synonyms | Eremiris lactea (Pall.) Rodion. Iris oxypetala C.A.Mey. Limniris lactea (Pall.) Peruzzi & al. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHS China Southeast, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 38 Eastern Asia (KOR Korea) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |