By Dido
South Yorkshire,
United Kingdom 
Plant ID please, this is a gift from the birds, I know it some sort of Iris but thats about it, it has no rhizome and the colour is an insipid browny blue I've kept it for the strappy leaves its usful as a filler, would like to know what it is though, thank you Di
5 Jul, 2010
Answers
ahh yes has orange berries, Thank you very much Owdboggy
5 Jul, 2010
...and if you tear a leaf, it smells a bit like beef stock/bovril....sort of?
5 Jul, 2010
Really Fractal, I shall go and do that very thing...
5 Jul, 2010
honest...it really does as you are about to find out! :-)
5 Jul, 2010
So it does, how strange but facinating, you learn something new everyday, thats something I will encourage visitors to do, its a talking point isn't it?
Thanks Fractal
5 Jul, 2010
It has a range of common names including Roast-Beef Plant & Stinking Gladwin :-) it's a lovely British native though
5 Jul, 2010
There is also a cross between it and I pseudacorus (possibly no one is dead certain). The cross is called I. 'Holden Clough, it is a lovely thing.
5 Jul, 2010
Thats a new one to me Owdboggy.
5 Jul, 2010
We have it, just uploaded a picture of it for you.
5 Jul, 2010
Thank you :-)
5 Jul, 2010
Previous question
The native Iris, Iris foetidissima. Can be a bit of a thug if suited. Flowers followed by bright orange berries which the birds love and spread widely.
5 Jul, 2010