A purple-flowered iris native to Eurasia and North Africa, which produces an unpleasant odour, especially when bruised.
红籽鸢尾。亦称STINKING IRIS
Iris foetidissima, family Iridaceae
Also called stinking iris
Example sentencesExamples
One of them is the reserve of gladdons located near the southern town gates.
This plant is also known as sweet root, sweet rush, sweet cane, sweet flag, gladdon, sweet myrtle, myrtle grass, myrtle sedge, and cinnamon sedge.
It belongs to a section of the Iris family called Limniris, which also includes closely-related I. lazica 3 and British native I. foetidissima (gladdon, or stinking iris).
The gladdon is a good plant for dry shade and will thrive even under yew trees.
Its botanical name is Iris foetidissima and it is also known as stinking gladwin or gladdon.
Origin
Old Englishglædene, based on Latin gladiolus(see gladiolus).