It has pale green, thin, sword-shaped leaves, medium-long slender stem and 1 yellow flower.

It has a 1.5 cm long and 8 mm wide, spreading style branch, that has irregularly toothed lobes.

[2] After the iris has flowered, it produces a seed capsule between June and August.

[2] As most irises are diploid, having two sets of chromosomes, this can be used to identify hybrids and classification of groupings.

[8] It is written as 水仙花鸢尾 in Chinese script,[2] and known as shui xian hua yuan wei in Pidgin.

[2][8] The Latin specific epithet narcissiflora refers to having narcissus-like flowers.

[9] It was first published and described by Friedrich Ludwig Emil Diels in 'Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift' (Svensk Bot.

[13] It prefers to grow in well-drained soils, in sun or partial shade.

[3] Like many other irises, most parts of the plant are poisonous (rhizome and leaves), and if mistakenly ingested can cause stomach pains and vomiting.