Description
On the 12th of March 2018, Janis Ruksans collected this species in Iran, Kurdistan, on the Kuh-e Shāhu (Hawraman) ridge between Marivan and Nowsud. The Iris is observed on steep mountain slopes in the grass among low shrubs. The leaves are 6-8 cm. long at the beginning of flowering, as tall as the flower at the time of flowering. The lips are yellow-green, marked lilac-black in the centre. The ustandards are slender in shape, light blue, slightly mottled and striped darker blue towards the base.
BELONGS TO THE FAMILY IRIDACEAE
Iris means rainbow, a fitting name for this genus in which we truly find all the colors of the rainbow, as well as combinations thereof. This genus consists of as many as 200 species, which occur exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere. Thousands of cultivars have emerged from these.
The underground parts consist of bulbs or (often thickened) rootstocks, known as rhizomes. The flower of an iris consists of two (main) parts: the upright part is referred to as the standard, or petal, and the downward (hanging) part as the lip or beard.
