Bitterroot Restoration

Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae

Common name: Dasba(Beng.); Blackberry lily, Leopard lily(Eng.).
Edible Parts: Rhizome, flower
Life cycle: Perennial
Light: Full sun
Native Range: Native to China and Japan

Belamcanda chinensis (Iris domestica) is an ornamental plant. The plant grows 60-90 cm tall in full sun and is often found blanketing hill sides, the flowers can range form red to yellow to orange or mixed and bloom in summer to early autumn. The leaves grow in a fan, like those of a gladiolus. The flowers are typically orange spotted with red, although yellow-flowered varieties are in cultivation.

Medicinal Uses: The dried rhizome has long been used in East Asia to treat throat troubles, asthma, swollen liver and spleen, gonorrhea, malaria, and arrow poisoning.