musulmanica is a species of the genus Iris, part of a subgenus known as Limniris and in the series Spuriae.

It is a subspecies of Iris spuria and is a rhizomatous perennial plant, from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkey in Asia with flowers in various shades of blue, but there are rare white forms.

demetrii,[18] and similar in form to Iris sibirica, but slightly larger with wider petals.

[2][9][11] The blade has a yellow or white central stripe or signal area,[4] around it are darker veins heading to the edges.

[11] The upright, lanceolate,[3] standards are a single colour, they gradually narrow to the claw (near the stem).

[2] After the iris has flowered, it produces an oblong cylindrical capsule,[3][5][6] with 6 angles,[2] that has a long spout-like appendage.

[2][6] Inside the capsule are flat, semi-circular or reniform (kidney shaped), off-white to pale brown seeds.

The oil content and methyl esters of fatty acids of the seed were also examined.

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

[12][13] The Latin specific epithet musulmanica is derived from Musulman (the Persian word for Muslim).

[18][22] It was original published as Iris musulmanica by Aleksandr Vasiljevich Fomin in Vĕstnik Tiflisskago Botaniceskago Sada.

musulmanica by Armen Takhtajan in Flora Erevana: opredelitel dik orastushdikh rastenii Araratskoi Kotloving (Fl.

[12][13][25] It grows in damp meadows,[9][10] marshes,[2][3][28] in saline soils,[3][9][28] and in the grassy plains by rivers.

[9] In Armenia, it is rare and grows in the salt marshes of the Ararat Valley (between Mount Ararat and Mount Aragats) with other endemic species including, Linum seljukorum, Inula aucheriana, Sonchus araraticus, Orchis laxiflora and Merendera sobolifera.

musulmanica, with Narcissus poeticus and Tulipa sylvestris are used as ornamental plants in parks and gardens in the region.