Iris foetidissima

Taxobox
name = "Iris foetidissima"


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Stinking Iris flower
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Iridaceae
subfamilia = Iridoideae
tribus = Irideae
genus = "Iris"
subgenus = "Limniris"
sectio = "Limniris"
species = "I. foetidissima"
binomial = "Iris foetidissima"
binomial_authority = L.

"Iris foetidissima" (Stinking Iris, Gladdon, Gladwin Iris, Roast-beef Plant, Stinking Gladwin), is a species of "Iris" found in open woodland, hedgebanks and sea-cliffs. Its natural range is Western Europe, including Britain, from France south and east to N. Africa, Italy and Greece. [Plants For A Future: [http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Iris+foetidissima "Iris foetidissima"] ] It is one of two Iris species native to Britain, the other being the Yellow Iris ("Iris pseudacorus"). The flowers are purplish, and the seeds produced are bright red.

It is known as "stinking" because some people find the smell of its leaves unpleasant when crushed or bruised, an odour that has been described as "beefy".

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