Iridaceae
Siberian iris
Iris sibirica
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Iris
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Common names
By language (34)
- Arabic
- سوسن سيبرية
- Armenian
- Հիրիկ սիբիրյան
- arz
- ايريس سيبيريكا
- Azerbaijani
- Sibir süsəni
- Belarusian
- Касач сібірскі, Дзікія агуркі, Зязюльчын гашт, Калацец, Касач, Касіца, Сібірскі касач
- Bulgarian
- Сибирска перуника
- Chinese
- 西伯利亚鸢尾, 燕子花, 西伯利亞鳶尾
- Croatian
- Sibirska perunika
- cv
- Ҫӗпӗр ирисӗ
- Czech
- Kosatec sibiřský
- Dutch
- Siberische lis
- English
- Siberian iris, German iris
- Estonian
- Siberi võhumõõk
- Finnish
- Siperiankurjenmiekka
- German
- Sibirische Schwertlilie, Wiesen-Iris
- hsb
- Łučna škleńčica
- Hungarian
- Szibériai nőszirom
- Kazakh
- Сібір құртқашашы
- Korean
- 시베리아붓꽃
- lah
- سائیبیری ست رنگی
- Latvian
- Sibīrijas īriss, Sibīrijas skalbe
- Lithuanian
- Sibirinis vilkdalgis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sibiriris
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Sibiriris
- Persian
- زنبق سیبری
- Polish
- Kosaciec syberyjski
- Russian
- Ирис сибирский, Касатик сибирский
- Slovak
- Kosatec sibírsky
- Slovenian
- Sibirska perunika, Kojniška perunika
- Swedish
- Strandiris
- Tatar
- Себер кылыч уты
- Turkish
- Sibirya süseni
- Ukrainian
- Півники сибірські
- Welsh
- Gellesgen feinddail
Synonyms
- Biris sibirica (L.) Medik.
- Iris acuta Willd.
- Iris angustifolia Gilib.
- Iris bicolor Mill.
- Iris erirrhiza Posp.
- Iris flexuosa Murray
- Iris mandraliscae Tineo ex Tornab.
- Iris maritima Mill.
- Iris pratensis Lam.
- Iris pseudosibirica Schur
- Iris sibirica f. albiflora Makino
- Iris sibirica var. acuta (Willd.) Trevir.
- Iris sibirica var. albida Regel
- Iris sibirica var. angustifolia Regel
- Iris sibirica var. erirrhiza (Posp.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Iris sibirica var. flexuosa (Murray) Ker Gawl.
- Iris sibirica var. haematophylla Besser
- Iris sibirica var. pallida Regel
- Iris sibirica var. stenopetala Regel
- Iris sibirica var. typica Maxim.
- Iris spathulata Cav.
- Iris stricta Moench
- Ixia angustifolia Salisb.
- Limnirion sibiricum (L.) Opiz
- Limniris sibirica (L.) Fuss
- Xiphion flexuosum (Murray) Alef.
- Xiphion pratense Parl.
- Xiphion sibiricum (L.) Schrank
- Xyridion flexuosum (Murray) Klatt
- Xyridion sibiricum (L.) Klatt
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 529 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Vladimír Fuka, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Eugene Popov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Schwager, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gergely Nigg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franzfoto, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ernst Pisch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franzfoto, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eija Klein, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lina Hermann, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.