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Iris ventricosa
Iris ventricosa is a small, beardless rhizomatous perennial iris from Siberia, Mongolia and northern China, with pale violet or blue flowers in May or June. It needs full sun, sharp drainage and a dry winter rest to survive.
Iris ventricosa 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 Asia and the Russian Federation, to Mongolia and China. It has grey-green leaves, short flowers stems and 1–2 pale violet or pale blue flowers.
Iris ventricosa is not common in cultivation in the UK. It is not common also in Russia. It is also rare in the US.
It prefers alkaline, sandy and well drained soils.
Iris ventricosa is native to various temperate areas of eastern Asia.
In Mongolia, 14 species of iris are found. They have been used in traditional herbal medicines to treat Cancer, inflammations and bacterial infections. In September 2008, the rhizomes of Iris ventricosa were collected for a study of its biologically active substances. Various flavones and isoflavones, some peltogynoids (irisoid a, b, c, d and e), saponins, coumarins and benzoquinones were found.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Iris ventricosa 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.
