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|name = ''Iris graeberiana''
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|regnum = [[Plantae]]
|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
|unranked_classis = [[Monocots]]
|ordo = [[Asparagales]]
|familia = [[Iridaceae]]
|subfamilia = [[Iridoideae]]
|tribus = [[Irideae]]
|genus = ''[[Iris (plant)|Iris]]''
|subgenus = ''[[Iris subg. Scorpiris|Scorpiris]]''
|species = '''''Iris narbutii'''''
|binomial = ''Iris narbutii''
|binomial_authority = [[Olga Fedtschenko|O.Fedtsch]] 
|synonyms = {{Species list|Iris caucasica var. oculata|(Maxim)|Iris dengerensis|(B.Fedtsch.)|Iris hissarica|O.Fedtsch. ex Kneuck.|Juno dengerensis|(B.Fedtsch.) Soják|Juno narbutii| (O.Fedtsch.) Vved.<ref>{{cite web|title=Iris narbutii O.Fedtsch. |date=23 March 2012 |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-322160 | publisher=www.theplantlist.org |accessdate=9 October 2014}}</ref>}}
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'''''Iris narbutii''''' is a species in the genus ''[[Iris (plant)|Iris]]'', it is also in the subgenus of [[Iris subg. Scorpiris|Scorpiris]].  It is a [[bulbous]] [[perennial plant|perennial]]. It is sometimes misspelt as 'Iris narbuti'.<ref>{{cite web| first=Chris | last=Gardener| date=18 April 2011 | title=Tajikistan & Uzbekistan, A Reconnaissance Report | url=http://www.greentours.co.uk/doc/Trip%20Report%20Tajikistan%20Recce%202011%20edited.pdf | format=pdf | page=5 | publisher=greentours.co.uk | accessdate=9 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Iris | date= |url=http://www.bulbsbirdsnmore.com.au/Amaryllid_Obsession/Iris.html | publisher=bulbsbirdsnmore.com.au | accessdate=9 October 2014}}</ref>

It was first published as 'Juno Narbutii' by [[Olga Fedtschenko]] in 'Izvestiya Imperatorskago Obscestva Ljubitelej Estestvoznanija, Antropologii i Etnografii, Sostojascago pri (Imperatorskom) Moskovskom Universitete' in 1902.<ref>{{cite web|title=Iris narbutii O.Fedtsch. | url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=322160 |publisher=kew.org |accessdate=9 October 2014}}</ref>
It was later published as 'Iris Narbutii' by [[Boris Fedtschenko]] in Bull. Jard. Bot. St. Petersb. Vol.V page157 in 1905.<ref name=FloraofUSSR>{{cite web|first=V.L. | last=Komarov | year=1935 | title=Akademiya Nauk SSSR (FLORA of the U.S.S.R.) Vol. IV | publisher=archive.org | url=https://archive.org/stream/floraofussr04bota/floraofussr04bota_djvu.txt | pages=430–431 | accessdate=9 October 2014}}</ref>

Iris narbutii is now an accepted name by the [[Royal Horticultural Society|RHS]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Iris narbutii |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/20410/Iris-narbutii-(J)/Details |publisher=www.rhs.org.uk| accessdate=9 October 2014}}</ref>

It is listed in 1995 in 'Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR)' by Czerepanov, S. K.<ref>{{Google books|52fdbx9XgC4C|Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR)|page=281}}</ref>

It may have been named after 'Narbuta Beg'(1774-1798), a grandson of 'Abd al-Karim' ([[Khanate of Kokand]]) of the [[Fergana Valley]], [[Central Asia]], where the iris was found.<ref>Ahmad Hasan Dani and Vadim Mikhaĭlovich Masson (Editors) {{Google books|AzG5llo3YCMC|History of Civilizations of Central Asia Volume V: Development in contrast from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century |page=74}}</ref>

It can be seen growing in the 'Le Grand Clos Botanique Garden' in [[Bourgueil]], France.<ref>{{cite web | title=iris botanique | url=http://irisbotanique.over-blog.com/article-le-grand-clos-botanique-garden-73882267.html | publisher= irisbotanique.over-blog.com | accessdate=13 October 2014}}</ref>

It can be cultivated in pots,<ref name=irisbotanique>{{cite web| title=Chapter III bulbous iris | url= http://irisbotanique.over-blog.com/15-index.html |publisher= irisbotanique.over-blog.com | accessdate=13 October 2014}}</ref> or in well drained soils in sunshine (like other Juno irises).<ref name=October>{{cite web | first=Jim | last=Almond |  title=PLANT OF THE MONTH - OCTOBER | url=http://freespace.virgin.net/almond.jim/Portraits.htm | publisher=freespace.virgin.net | accessdate=9 October 2014}}</ref>

==Habit==
Iris narbutii has a brown bulb with papery tunic,<ref name=irisbotanique/> the bulb is approx. {{convert|2|cm}} in diameter.<ref name=onego>{{cite web| title=Juno  | url=http://flower.onego.ru/lukov/juno_v.html | publisher=flower.onego.ru | accessdate=9 October 2014}}</ref> It has thickened roots,<ref name=FloraofUSSR/> which look similar to fat short pointed tubers.<ref>{{cite web| first=Peter | last=Taggart | title=Iris narbutii | date=6 January 2010 | url=http://www.signa.org/index.pl?Iris-narbutii |  publisher=signa.org (Species Iris Group of North America) | accessdate=9 October 2014}}</ref>

One of the shorter Juno irises, similar to [[Iris Lepthoriza]],<ref name=irisbotanique/> only growing to a height of {{cvt|5|-|10|cm}}.<ref name=FloraofUSSR/><ref name=October/><ref name=cassidy>{{cite book |last1=Cassidy |first1=G.E.| last2=Linnegar |first2=S.|date=1987 |edition=Revised |title= Growing Irise |location=Bromley |publisher=Christopher Helm |page=147 |isbn=0-88192-089-4 }}</ref><ref name=american/>

It blooms in early-mid spring,<ref name=onego/> flowering between January to April depending on the weather conditions.<ref name=FloraofUSSR/><ref name=irisbotanique/><ref name=October/>
It has 1 or 2 scentless flowers per bulb stem.<ref name=FloraofUSSR/><ref name=onego/><ref name=cassidy/>

The flowers come in a range of shades between greenish-yellow to pale violet.<ref name=irisbotanique/><ref name=October/><ref name=cassidy/> 
The green-purple perianth tube is about {{cvt|4|-|5|cm}} long.<ref name=FloraofUSSR/><ref name=onego/> It has standards ({{cvt|3.5|-|5|cm|disp=or}}) that hang downwards.<ref name=October/><ref name=american>{{cite web| title=(SPEC) Iris narbutii Fedts. | date=24 March 2010 | url=http://wiki.irises.org/bin/view/Spec/SpecNarbutii | publisher=wiki.irises.org (American Iris Society) | accessdate=9 October 2014}}</ref><ref name=pacific>{{cite web| first=Jim | last=Waddick | title=Juno irises J-R | url=http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/JunoIrisesTwo | publisher=pacificbulbsociety.org | accessdate=9 October 2014}}</ref>
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 by a yellow zone/area.<ref name=irisbotanique/><ref name=October/><ref name=cassidy/><ref name=american/><ref name=pacific/> The yellow zone can sometimes have a dark purple ring around it.<ref name=onego/>

It has whitish pollen.<ref name=FloraofUSSR/>
 
The thin, channelled dark green leaves emerge before the flowers, they are 5–25&nbsp;mm wide (close to the base of the plant).<ref name=FloraofUSSR/><ref name=October/><ref name=onego/>
They gradually narrow to an apex (falcate-like, lanceolate)<ref name=irisbotanique/> and have a very visible white edging/margin.<ref name=FloraofUSSR/>

==Native==
Iris narbutii is from Central Asia.<ref name=cassidy/><ref name=pacific/> Originally found on the slopes of [[Syr-Darya]] river valley.<ref name=FloraofUSSR/><ref name=american/>

It is found on the rocky, gravelly slopes of the mountains of western [[Tien Shan]] and southern [[Pamir Mountains]].<ref name=onego/> Also seen near to [[Samarkand]] and [[Tashkent]].<ref name=FloraofUSSR/>

Olga Fedtschenko had speculated that the plants from west Tien Shan, could be a separate species, due to their paler colour.<ref name=FloraofUSSR/>

In Chulbair Mountains, [[Uzbekistan]], it is a threatened species and close to extinction.<ref name=irisbotanique/>

==Known hybrids==
*Iris narbutii 'Kara Kaga'<ref name=pacific/>

In Russia,  Vvedenskii had noted several natural hybrids including;
J. narbutii x [[Iris maracandica|J maracandica]] (near [[Jizzakh|Jizzak]], Uzbekistan),
J. narbutii x [[Iris orchioides|J. Orchioides]] and
J. narbutii x [[Iris subdecolorata|J. subdecolorata]] (near Darbaza, [[Kazakhstan]]).<ref name=onego/>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/22799848@N03/2212138250/ Image of Iris narbuttii on flickr]
*[http://www.edgewoodgardens.net/Plants_album/The%20Plants%20-%20%20Complete%20Collection/Iridaceae/Iris/Subgen%20Scorpiris/I.%20narbutii/index.html Many images of Iris narbutii]

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[[Category:Iris (plant)|narbutii]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1905]]
[[Category:Flora of Central Asia]]
[[Category:Flora of Tajikistan]]
[[Category:Flora of Uzbekistan]]
[[Category:Flora of Kazakhstan]]