General Informations
Iris halophila is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus of Limniris and in series Spuriae. It is a rhizomatous perennial plant, with yellow, white or violet flowers. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions. It comes from a wide range from eastern Europe to China in Asia. It was known for a long while as a subspecies of Iris spuria, before being treated as a separate species in its own right.
It is used in Chinese herbal medicines to treat hematochezia and various other problems.
A research specimen exists in the Linnean Society of London herbarium
