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Large Bract Iris

Iris bungei

Iris bungei is a small, beardless rhizomatous perennial iris from Mongolia, Tibet and northern China, with short stems and one or two violet to blue flowers. It is rare in cultivation and grown mainly by collectors and botanic gardens, so it is best sourced from specialist nurseries.

Family
Iridaceae (Iris family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during establishment and growth, then keep drier, as it needs mild, dry winters.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or sandy soil; avoid heavy wet clay.
Temperature
Hardy to USDA Zone 3 (about -40 °C); dislikes wet, humid winters.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
E. Mongolia to N. China
Climate
temperate

About

Iris bungei is a beardless iris in the genus Iris, in the subgenus Limniris and in the series Tenuifoliae of the genus. It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial, from Mongolia, Tibet and China. It has green leaves, short stem and 2 violet, purple, lavender or blue flowers.

How to grow it

Iris bungei is rare in cultivation in the UK, Europe and USA.

Only grown by collectors and for scientific research.

Uses

It is used in traditional Chinese medicines.

Other Iris plants

Iris acutiloba subsp. lineolata · Iris acutiloba · Iris adriatica · Iris afghanica · Iris alberti · Iris albomarginata · Iris alexeenkoi · Single Bract Iris · Iris antilibanotica · Stool iris · Iris arenaria · Iris assadiana

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Iris bungei by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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