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