Family | Iridaceae |
Genus | Iris |
Species | foetidissima |
Author | L. |
Use | Root boiled in wine and drank, used both to stimulate menstrual cicle, or to cause abortion (Early Modern England) |
Collector | Jennifer Bruce |
Number | JBR11 |
Date | 26/02/2004 |
Location | Isle of Wight, Firestone Copse, on bank near a running stream |
Common name/s | Stinking Iris, Glannen |