 It was listed (under "Iris ewbankiana") in the Red Data Book of USSR, as an 'Endangered' species.although it was not listed in the first edition of the Red Data Book of Armenia and is not included in the Annexes of CITES and the Bern Convention.It is affected in Tajikistan by flower collection, in Turkmenistan, the bulbs have been dug up as well as flower collection.