Iris aucheri
Iris aucheri
Kaya navruzu
Plant 15-40 cm. Bulb 2.5-3.5 cm diam. Leaves 5-12, well developed at anthesis, to 25 cm, 2.4-4.3 cm broad at base, lanceolate, falcate, prominently close-nerved, glabrous or minutely papillose beneath, glossy green above, upper shorter and becoming bract-like and paler at base. Stem concealed by leaves at anthesis, internodes becoming visible in fruit. Bract and bracteole long- acuminate. Flowers 3-6, deep blue to nearly white; perianth tube 5-6 cm; falls 4-5.5 cm, claw winged, 2.5-3.5 x 2-2.2 cm,lamina ±orbicular or elliptic, 1.5-2 x 1.3-2.2 cm, margin undulate, crest prominent, erosecrenulate, papillose, yellow or cream; standards patent to deflexed, obovate, 2-3.5 x 0.6-1.3 cm, with a narrow claw; style branches 3.5-5 cm. Capsule narrowly cylindrical, 6-8 x 1.1-1.3 cm; seeds c. 3 mm, rugose. Fl. 2-4. Rock ledges and rocky grounds, rarely in fields, 550-2100 m.
