It has a chromosome count: 2n = 16. It is sometimes commonly known as "Adriatic Iris". The Latin specific epithet "adriatica" refers to being from the region beside the Adriatic Sea. It was first described by Trinajstic L, Papes D., Lovasen-Eberhardt Z. & Bacani Lj. in 'Book of Summaries' page25 in 1980, but not validly published. New specimens were found in Dalmatia region, near the town of Šibenik in Croatia, by M. Milović, M. Radnić, M. Mitić and B. Mitić on 16 March 2002. It was then described and published as "Iris adriatica Trinajstić" ex Mitić in 'Phyton' (the Annales rei Botanicae, Horn, Austria), Vol.42 on page 305 in 2002. It was verified by United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service on 7 April 2003, then updated on 2 December 2004. It is listed in the Encyclopedia of Life. It is an accepted name of The Plant List, although no synonyms have been recorded on that source. "Iris adriatica" is not yet an accepted name by the RHS, as of 12 September 2015. It is native to Europe. It is found in the Mediterranean country, of Croatia, within the Dalmatia region. Including around the Croatian towns of Zadar, Šibenik, Split, Drniš and Unešić. As well as being found on the islands of Ciovo, Brač, Kornati, and Vir. It grows in sandy, meadows, with 'Stipo-Salvietum officinalis' (a mixture of "Stipa" (grasses) and "Salvia officialis", (sage plants), and 'Festuco-Koelerietum splendentis' plants (a mixture of "festuca" and "Koeleria splendens" grasses,). It can also grow in rocky pastures. They can be found at an altitude of above sea level. "Iris adriatica" has decreasing wild populations, and was listed as near threatened (NT) in the Flora Croatica Red Book. It is threatened due overgrowth of other more dominant plant species. The Dalmatian islands have 179 endemic plants and several threatened species (on the IUCN Red List) including "Iris adriatica", "Salvia fruticosa", "Salvia brachypodon", "Portenschlagiella ramosissima", "Phyllitis sagitata", "Ornithogalum visianicum", "Orchis quadripunctata", "Geranium dalmaticum", "Euphorbia rigida", and "Dianthus multinervis".