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Gladiolus dregei

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Name

Identification
Gladiolus dregei Klatt [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Lewis, G.J.,
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Flora

Entry for GLADIOLUS Dregei Klatt [family IRIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 7, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
GLADIOLUS Dregei Klatt [family IRIDACEAE], in Linnæa xxxii. 693;—Baker, Handb. Irid. 225.
Information
corm ovoid, 1/2 in. diam.; tunics brown, with rhomboid areolæ; produced leaves 3–4, narrow linear, firm in texture, 4–6 in. long, 1/12 in. broad; stem 6–9 in. long including the inflorescence, simple; flowers 6–9 in a very lax spike; outer spathe-valve green, oblong-lanceolate, 1/2 in. long; perianth-tube 1/3 in. long; top segment 1/2 in. long, arching hemispherically, with a small obovate lamina and a very long distinct claw; the other segments shorter, obovate, distinctly unguiculate; stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the perianth-segment. null
Distribution
WESTERN REGION Little Namaqualand; Kamies Bergen between Pedros Kloof and Lily Fontein, 3000–4000 ft., Drège, 2631!

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