Iris narbutii
Iris narbutii is a species of flowering plant in the genus Iris, subgenus Scorpiris. It is a bulbous perennial from Central Asia. It has dark green leaves, short stems, spring flowers in shades of greenish-yellow to pale violet. Description Iris narbutii has a brown bulb with papery tunic, the bulb is approx. in diameter. It has thickened roots, which look similar to fat short pointed tubers. The thin, channelled dark green leaves emerge before the flowers, they are 5–25 mm wide (close to the base of the plant). They gradually narrow to an apex (falcate-like or lanceolate), and have a very visible white edging/margin. One of the shorter Juno irises, similar to Iris leptorrhiza, only growing to a height of . It blooms in early-mid spring, flowering between January and April depending on the weather conditions. It has 1 or 2 scentless flowers per bulb stem. The flowers come in a range of shades from greenish-yellow to pale violet. The green-purple perianth tube is about long. It has standards () that hang downwards. It has falls that start upright, but then the blade bends downwards, with a dark violet blotch at the tip. They have a raised white crest surrounded