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Gladiolus edulis

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Name

Identification
Gladiolus edulis Burch. ex Ker Gawl. [family IRIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Gladiolus edulis

Flora

Entry for GLADIOLUS edulis Burch. ex Ker [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 edulis Burch. ex Ker [family IRIDACEAE], in Bot. Reg. t. 169;—Baker, Handb. Irid. 225.
GLADIOLUS permeabilis Baker [family IRIDACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 178, ex parte.
Information
corm ovoid; tunics of parallel strands of fine matted fibres; produced leaves about 3, narrow linear, firm in texture, the lowest sometimes overtopping the stem; stems slender, 1–2 ft. long including the inflorescence, simple or branched; flowers 8–15 in a lax distichous spike; outer spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, acute, subscariose, 1/2– 3/4 in. long; perianth pale lilac or whitish; tube funnel-shaped, 1/2 in. long; segments all with a very distinct cusp; upper obovate-unguiculate, 3/4 in. long; 2 side ones oblong, with a long claw; 3 lower lanceolate, with a long claw; stamens reaching more than halfway up the limb; capsule membranous, oblong, 5/8– 3/4 in. long. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Graaff Reinet Div.; on the Sneeuw Bergen, 4000–5000 ft., Drège, 8417b! and hills near Graaff Reinet, 2500–4000 ft., Bolus, 408! near Somerset East, 2500 ft., MacOwan, 1891!COAST REGION stony mountains around King Williamstown, MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 840! Alexandria Div.; Zuurberg Range, Cooper, 3195! 3196! British Kaffraria, Cooper, 1809!KALAHARI REGION Bechuanaland; Pellat Plains, Burchell, 2240! Basutoland, Cooper, 3317! Orange Free State; Nelsons Kop, Cooper, 877!
Notes
Differs from G. permeabilis by its remarkably cuspidate perianth-segments.

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