Taxon: Iris foetidissima L.

• the 4 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Iris foetidissima var. citrina (no accessions)

Common names:

• gladdon iris   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• gladwyn   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• roast-beef-plant   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• stinking gladwyn   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• stinking iris   (Source: F BritStace ) – English
  
• iris gigot   (Source: Zander Ency ) – French
  
• iris puant   (Source: Zander Ency ) – French
  
• übelriechende Schwertlilie   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• koralliris   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Eur Gard F; F Eur; Zander ed14)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Cooper & Johnson ed2)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Iris foetidissima from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Morocco
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: United Kingdom
  Southeastern Europe: Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores, Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Turkey
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - Tasmania
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Ireland; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Switzerland

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• George, A. S., ed. 1980–. Flora of Australia.
• Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres.
• Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931–1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. [mentions].
• Maire, R. C. J. E. et al. 1952–. Flore de l'Afrique du Nord.
• Mathew, B. 1981. The Iris. 120–121.
• Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
• Sell, P. & G. Murrell. 1996–. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland.
• Silva, L. et al. 2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta).
• Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Iris foetidissima.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Iris foetidissima.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Iris foetidissima.

Check other web resources for Iris foetidissima L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• ABRS: Australian Biological Resources Study Flora of Australia online
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Iris foetidissima cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Disseminule drawings: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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