Iris

From Tolkien Gateway

Iris was a colourful and distinctive flower. Frodo and Sam found it growing in Ithilien,[1] and the Gladden River and the Gladden Fields took their name from a variety of this flower.[2]

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The "iris-swords" mentioned in The Lord of the Rings are a reference to its thin, pointed leaves. In Letter 297, Tolkien identifies the flower as the Iris pseudacorus.[3]

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