Iris albicans Lange
Synonymy
Notes
Native of Saudi Arabia and Yemen, distributed through W Asia and the E Mediterranean by man as a plant to adorn graveyards (Mathew 1989: 22). White-flowered plants in the I. germanica group called I. albicans or I. florentina (see Synonyms) are frequently cultivated in Greece and may persist in the outskirts of settlements. They are more common than indicated by the records but not invasive.