| Family | IRIDACEAE |
| Genus species | Iris ruthenica Ker Gawl. |
| Bibliography | Bot. Mag. 28: t. 1123 (1808) |
| Native Range | c. Romania, Siberia to Korea and e. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 500-3600m |
| Description | leaves grey-green, linear, 7-25cm, on base brownish, apex long acuminate, floral stems 2-3-leaved, spathes 2, green, lanceolate, 1-flowered, flowers 3-6cm |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | violet |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division in late summer |
| Synonyms | Iris alpina Pall. ex Roem. & Schult. Iris caespitosa Pall. ex Link Iris humilis Schur Iris nana (Maxim.) Nakai Iris ruthenica var. albiflora Bunge Iris ruthenica f. leucantha Y.T.Zhao Iris ruthenica var. nana Maxim Iris ruthenica var. typica Maxim. Iris ruthenica var. uniglumis Spach Iris verna Pall. Joniris caespitosa (Pall. ex Link) M.B.Crespo & al. Joniris ruthenica (Ker Gawl.) Klatt Limniris ruthenica (Ker Gawl.) Fuss Xiphion ruthenicum (Ker Gawl.) Alef. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ROM Romania) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia) 31 Russian Far East (PRM Primorye) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHS China Southeast, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 38 Eastern Asia (KOR Korea) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |