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Iris foetidissima

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Noun1.Iris foetidissima - iris with purple flowers and foul-smelling leavesIris foetidissima - iris with purple flowers and foul-smelling leaves; southern and western Europe and North Africa
gladdon, gladdon iris, roast beef plant, stinking gladwyn, stinking iris
fleur-de-lis, iris, sword lily, flag - plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
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Mae yna fath arall o iris sy'n weddol gyffredin hefyd, sef yr iris ddrewllyd - sef Iris foetidissima neu'r 'stinking iris' yn Saesneg.
Dod a lliwag urddas i undonedd y gors; YR HERALD CYMRAEGYR HERALD ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Plants that immediately spring to mind include hostas, Crocus tommasinianus, Convallaria majalis (lily-of-the-valley) and two evergreens - Asplenium scolopendrium (hearts tongue fern) and Iris foetidissima.
BORDER Patrol by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
Herbaceous perennials are not quite so easy, but in dense shade consider Ajuga, Anemone japonica, Waldsternia ternate, Tiarella, Tellima, Pullmonaria saccharata, Hosta, Aruncu dioicus, lily of the valley, Iris foetidissima and Lamium maculatum.
YourLIFE: MAKE THE GLADE; GARDENING by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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