Iris aucheri grows to 25 cm (10 in) tall, with crowded lanceolate (lance-shaped) leaves, producing several flowers in late winter or early spring.

[citation needed] The Latin specific epithet aucheri commemorates the 19th century French botanist Pierre Martin Rémi Aucher-Éloy.

[7] It is native to temperate Western Asia, in Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria and Jordan.

[5][8] Iris aucheri is cultivated as an ornamental plant in gardens for its showy flowers.

It requires neutral or slightly alkaline soil in a sheltered, frost-free spot, or it can be grown in an unheated greenhouse or conservatory, in the UK.

[11] This plant species has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.