Iris foetidissima L., 1753 37% complete

Roast-beef-plant

Sp. Pl.: 39 (1753)


Data sources

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Sourced7 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded14 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 39 (1753) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Roast-beef-plant No source recorded
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Observations Azores, W. Europe to W. & C. Medit. No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 65 cm
  • 65 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 116, 164, 174, 178, 882
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Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 164, 174, 178
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Flower color white, blue No source recorded
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Fruit color empty Not on the record
Fruit shape capsule Sourced
Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
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Maximum height 90 cm
  • 90 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 116, 164, 174, 178, 882
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Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Bloom months may, jun, jul Differs from sources
Duration perennial Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 5 / 9 · medium air humidity No source recorded
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Ground humidity empty
  • 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 5 / 9 · half-shade Sourced
Nitrogen fixation empty Not on the record
Ph maximum pH 7 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 6.5 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic)
  • 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
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Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record