Gladiolus oreocharisSchltr. [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Lewis, G.J.,
Related name
Gladiolus oreocharis
Flora
Entry for Gladiolus oreocharis Schlechter [family IRIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 253, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
Gladiolus oreocharisSchlechter [family IRIDACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1896, 504
Information
corm unknown; stem slender, erect, glabrous, a foot long; leaves 3, linear-setaceous, the lowest as long as the stem, the others shorter; raceme secund, few-flowered; outer spathe-valve oblong, greenish-brown, membranous at the tip; perianth-tube nearly straight, dilated at the apex; segments oblong, subobtuse, the upper rather larger than the others; stamens rather shorter than the limb; style reaching to the tip of the segments. null
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Matroos Berg, 6000–7000 ft., Marloth, 2265. No specimen in Kew Herbarium.