Chinese name: Iris

Pinyin: yuānwěi?huā

Scientific name: lris?tectorum

Alias: ? Purple Butterfly, Blue Butterfly, Orris, Flat Bamboo Flower

Color: Iris flowers are mostly blue-purple

Origin of the name: Iris, the Chinese name comes from the fact that its petals resemble the tail of a kite. It is also said that the plant got its name from God's messenger and the rainbow that connects the earth to the rest of the world.