Historia plantarum

Iris: to the Greeks, iris rainbow: to the Arabs, Asmeni iuni or Aiersa: to the Italians, Iride, Giglio azurro blue lily, or Giglio celeste celestial lily: to the Germans, Blauv gilgen, Blauv schvvertel, Veielvvurtz, or Himmel schvvertel: to the Spaniards, Lirio cardeno purple lily: to the Gauls, Glayeul or Flambe.

A woodcut illustration depicts an Iris plant with its distinctive flowers, broad sword-like leaves, and a thick, horizontal rhizome with small roots extending from the bottom.

It grows in gardens and in the boundaries of vineyards.

Qualities according to Matthiolus.
It warms in the second degree, complete, or at the beginning of the third, and likewise dries.

According to Fuchs.
It cleanses and matures.