Sylvias wrote:
These grow in a large patch in the garden, not sure if it is a plant, herb or weed, maybe someone can tell!
They sure have a terrible smell....but I love the colour and their fern like leaves.
Quite a few plants have a bad smell, skunk cabbage being one of them. I don't know how that fits into the evolutionary cycle. I think it attracts insects that are attracted to decaying animals to lay their eggs. So I guess flies, rather than butterflies, become the pollinators.
I couldn't identify your flower, but there is a picture of it in this group of bad smelling plants..