Common Name(s): Iris germanica, Iris pallida. (Iris florentina is a variety of Iris germanica.) Purple Flag, Bearded Iris, Fleur-de-lis, and Garden Iris.

Latin Name: Iris germanica

Plant Part: The cleaned and dried root, powdered before storage.

Common Uses: Used to hold scent (fixative) in sachets, body powders and homemade cosmetics. 

Precautions: No known precautions when used externally.

Constituents: 

Starch, myristic acid, iridin, nine recently identified anti-inflammatory flavonoids and four isoflavone glycosides: iriskashmirianin 4'-O-beta-D-glucoside (1), nigricin 4'-O-beta-D-glucoside (2), irilone 4'-O-beta-D-glucoside (3) and iridin (4).