Iris maackii is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus of Limniris and in the Iris series Laevigatae. It is a rhizomatous perennial.

It was first published (and described) by Karl Maximovich in 'Bulletin de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg' in 1880. It was published as 'Limniris maackii' in 'Botanicheskii Zhurnal' (Moscow & Leningrad) on 18 Apr 2007. But this was classed as a synonym of 'Iris maackii'. Whose name was accepted by Nina Alexeyeva in her book of 2008 'Genus Iris L.', written in Russian and published in Turczaninowia (journal).