It is written as 埃及种植鸢尾 in Chinese script and known as Ai Ji Zhong Zhi Yuan Wei in Pinyin Chinese, also known commonly as Egypt Planted Iris.

The Latin specific epithet carthaliniae refers to a Carthalin (a former Russian province in the Caucasus).
This epithet has also been used for Paeonia carthalinica Ketsk. (
which is now classified as a synonym of Paeonia tenuifolia L.) It is also known as Iris Kartalinia in Russia, or Iris Kartli (in Georgia).
Kartli refers to an historical region in central-to-eastern Georgia.
It has also been known as blue iris.
This name is normally a common name for Iris spuria.

It was originally published and described by Aleksandr Vasiljevich Fomin as Iris carthaliniae in 'Vĕstnik Tiflisskago Botaniceskago Sada.
Moniteur du Jardin Botanique de Tiflis' (Vĕstn.
Tiflissk.
Bot.
Sada) Vol.14 page44 in 1909.
The description was based on specimens collected in Georgia near the town of Mtskheta, within the Caucasus Mountains near the city of Tbilisi.
Later, in 1981 Brian Mathew re-classified the species as a subspecies of Iris spuria, and published it as Iris spuria L. subsp.
carthaliniae (Fomin) B.Mathew, in (his book The Iris on page 117 in 1981.

It was verified by United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service on 9 January 2003 and then updated on 1 March 2007.
Iris spuria subsp.
carthaliniae is a tentatively accepted name by the RHS.
It is written as 埃及种植鸢尾 in Chinese script and known as Ai Ji Zhong Zhi Yuan Wei in Pinyin Chinese, also known commonly as Egypt Planted Iris.
The Latin specific epithet carthaliniae refers to a Carthalin (a former Russian province in the Caucasus). This epithet has also been used for Paeonia carthalinica Ketsk. (which is now classified as a synonym of Paeonia tenuifolia L.) It is also known as Iris Kartalinia in Russia, or Iris Kartli (in Georgia). Kartli refers to an historical region in central-to-eastern Georgia. It has also been known as blue iris. This name is normally a common name for Iris spuria.
It was originally published and described by Aleksandr Vasiljevich Fomin as Iris carthaliniae in 'Vĕstnik Tiflisskago Botaniceskago Sada. Moniteur du Jardin Botanique de Tiflis' (Vĕstn. Tiflissk. Bot. Sada) Vol.14 page44 in 1909. The description was based on specimens collected in Georgia near the town of Mtskheta, within the Caucasus Mountains near the city of Tbilisi. Later, in 1981 Brian Mathew re-classified the species as a subspecies of Iris spuria, and published it as Iris spuria L. subsp. carthaliniae (Fomin) B.Mathew, in (his book The Iris on page 117 in 1981.
It was verified by United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service on 9 January 2003 and then updated on 1 March 2007. Iris spuria subsp. carthaliniae is a tentatively accepted name by the RHS.
Iris spuria subsp. carthaliniae