Iris koreana is a beardless iris in the genus Iris, in the subgenus Limniris and in the Chinenses series of the species. It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial. Iris koreana is pronounced as EYE-ris kor-ee-AH-nuh. It is written as 노랑붓꽃 in Korean language. It has the common name of Dwarf Woodland Korean Iris. The Latin specific epithet koreana refers to the country where it was found, Korea. It was verified by United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service on 4 April 2003.