It is a bulbous perennial from Asia, including the Palestine region (Israel, the Palestinian Territories and Jordan), Lebanon, Syria and Turkey.

[5] The long, narrow, strap-like leaves have undulate edges[6] with a thin white margin.

[4] Iris palestina was first found in Mesopotamia, part of Syria, and it was first published in Flora Orientalis by Pierre Edmond Boissier in July 1882.

[12] It comes from Turkey, Jordan,[12] Syria,[10] Lebanon,[12] (including Batha[2]) and Israel.

[4] It likes open stony soils (with sandstone material)[2] at low altitudes.

It should be potted in well-drained, fertile compost and have a summer rest from watering.

[13] It has been used as a medicinal plant in the Middle East for urinary tract infections by boiling the leaves or the rhizomes in water, similar to the use of Iris pallida.