Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Stinking Iris, Iris foetidissima, Glóiriam
Photographs: Co. Cork

Stinking Iris / Roast Beef Plant
Iris foetidissima
Glóiriam
Family: Iridaceae

Flowering time: May-July. Evergreen perennial. Introduced.

Dull violet flowers with yellow-brown centres and purple veins are followed by fleshy fruit capsules with red seeds. The dark green leaves are sword-shaped and have an unpleasant smell when crushed. Height 40-80cm

A relic of cultivation or garden escape that prefers calcareous soil in woodlands and hedgerows. It is most frequent in south-east Ireland

Similar: Yellow Flag, Iris pseudoacorus has yellow flowers

Stinking Iris, Iris foetidissima, Glóiriam

Stinking Iris, Iris foetidissima, Glóiriam
Stinking Iris, Iris foetidissima, Glóiriam

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