[5] This variety of iris has nearly cylindrical leaves unlike other reticulata species.

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

[9] It was originally described and published by Sir Michael Foster as Iris bakeriana in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Tab.

[10] Then in Flora Iranica (1975) it was re-classified to be a variety of Iris reticulata by Wendelbo.

bakeriana is native to the temperate areas of Asia,[12] mainly Iran, Iraq and Turkey.