Stinking iris
Iris foetidissima L.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 99 cm
- wide
- 1.5 m
Iridaceae
Formerly Chamaeiris foetidissima, Iris gaditana, Spathula foetidissima, Xiphion foetidissimum, and 1 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Rhizomatous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Azores, W. Europe to W. & C. Medit.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 99 cmRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Spread
- 1.5 mRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, blueRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -17.8 °C (USDA zone 7a)Read from Plants for a Future, one source
Not known yet: light, water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (3)
- Welsh
- gellesgen ddrewllyd
- Dutch
- Stinkende lis
- Chinese
- 怪味鸢尾
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Plants for a Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Iris foetidissima (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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