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Stinking Iris

Iris foetidissima

6,013Records since 2000
JunePeak month
99Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan307
Feb435
Mar385
Apr411
May521
Jun1,195
Jul291
Aug315
Sep356
Oct707
Nov611
Dec326

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England263
2Kent England235
3Devon England204
4Dorset England162
5Cambridgeshire England144
6Cornwall England140
7Worcestershire England140
8Essex England139
9Sefton England139
10Surrey England116
11Norfolk England112
12Somerset England111
13Suffolk England106
14Portsmouth England104
15Herefordshire, County of England78
3,698 England15 Scotland89 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 99 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,013
Peak month
June
Counties with records
99
Scientific name
Iris foetidissima
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
16,550
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Iridaceae
Genus
Iris
Name with authority
Iris foetidissima L.
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2484930 · GBIF 5298765