Taxon: Iris spuria L.

Summary

Genus:

Iris

Subgenus:

Limniris

Section:

Limniris

Family:

Iridaceae

Subfamily:

Iridoideae

Tribe:

Irideae

Nomen number:

20409

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:39. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

04/20/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

4 (1 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Iris spuria L. subsp. carthaliniae (Fomin) B. Mathew (0 active accession[s])
Iris spuria L. subsp. demetrii (Achv. & Mirzoeva) B. Mathew (0 active accession[s])
Iris spuria L. subsp. guldenstaedtiana (Lepech.) Soldano (1 active accession[s])
Iris spuria L. subsp. maritima P. Fourn. (0 active accession[s])
Iris spuria L. subsp. musulmanica (Fomin) Takht. (0 active accession[s])
Iris spuria L. subsp. notha (M. Bieb.) Asch. & Graebn. (1 active accession[s])
Iris spuria L. subsp. sogdiana (Bunge) B. Mathew (1 active accession[s])
Iris spuria L. subsp. spuria (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Images (1 total. Click on image for more.)

Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. Note: = Iris spuria subsp. musulmanica
Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1484.
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Iris halophila, I. sogdiana, I. musulmanica
Maire, R. C. J. E. et al. 1952-. Flore de l'Afrique du Nord.
Mathew, B. 1981. The Iris. 116-119.
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962-1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
Sell, P. & G. Murrell. 1996-. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland.
Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	blue iris	1	Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
English	butterfly iris	1	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1484.
French	iris des steppes	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1484.
German	Steppen-Schwertlilie	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1484.
Swedish	dansk iris	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Algeria		n.	Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962-1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Armenia			Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Iris halophila, I. sogdiana, I. musulmanica
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Azerbaijan			Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Iris halophila, I. sogdiana, I. musulmanica
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Georgia			Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Iris halophila, I. sogdiana, I. musulmanica
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Russian Federation	Dagestan		Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Iris halophila, I. sogdiana, I. musulmanica
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia	Ciscaucasia		Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Iris halophila, I. sogdiana, I. musulmanica
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Gansu Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Kazakhstan			Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Iris halophila, I. sogdiana, I. musulmanica
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Kyrgyzstan			Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Iris halophila, I. sogdiana, I. musulmanica
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Turkmenistan			Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Iris halophila, I. sogdiana, I. musulmanica
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Uzbekistan			Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Iris halophila, I. sogdiana, I. musulmanica
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Mongolia	Mongolia		w.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Altay		Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Iris halophila, I. sogdiana, I. musulmanica
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Chelyabinsk		Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Iris halophila, I. sogdiana, I. musulmanica
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Gorno-Altay		Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Iris halophila, I. sogdiana, I. musulmanica
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Kurganskaja oblast'		Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Iris halophila, I. sogdiana, I. musulmanica
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Novosibirsk		Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Iris halophila, I. sogdiana, I. musulmanica
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Omsk		Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Iris halophila, I. sogdiana, I. musulmanica
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Tomsk		Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Iris halophila, I. sogdiana, I. musulmanica
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Afghanistan			Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iran			Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Turkey		e.	Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. Note: = Iris spuria subsp. musulmanica
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Jammu and Kashmir
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Pakistan			Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Moldova
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Baškortostan, Respublika		Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Iris halophila, I. sogdiana, I. musulmanica
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Ukraine
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Austria			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Czechoslovakia			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Germany			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Hungary			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Denmark			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Sweden			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Romania			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	France			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Spain			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
2	Cultivated					also cult.
4	Naturalized	Australasia	New Zealand	New Zealand			Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
4	Naturalized	Europe	Northern Europe	United Kingdom			Sell, P. & G. Murrell. 1996-. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland.

Native
Africa

NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.)

Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey (e.)
CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Altay, Chelyabinsk, Gorno-Altay, Kurganskaja oblast', Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk]
MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
MONGOLIA: Mongolia (w.)
CHINA: China [Gansu Sheng, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu]

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Jammu and Kashmir], Pakistan

Europe

NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Sweden
MIDDLE EUROPE: Czechoslovakia, Austria, Germany, Hungary
EASTERN EUROPE: Moldova, Russian Federation [Baškortostan, Respublika], Ukraine
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Romania
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France

Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Australasia

NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Europe

NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom

Reference(s)

Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. Note: = Iris spuria subsp. musulmanica
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Iris halophila, I. sogdiana, I. musulmanica
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962-1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
Sell, P. & G. Murrell. 1996-. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Environmental	ornamental		Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=20409. Accessed 15 April 2026.