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Gladiolus inflatus

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Name

Identification
Gladiolus inflatus Thunb. [family IRIDACEAE ]
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  • Gladiolus inflatus

Flora

Entry for GLADIOLUS inflatus Thunb. [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 inflatus Thunb. [family IRIDACEAE], Fl. Cap. edit. 1, i. 181;—Ker, Gen. Irid. 138.
GLADIOLUS ornatus Klatt [family IRIDACEAE], in Trans. South Afric. Phil. Soc. iii. pt. 2, 198.
GLADIOLUS ringens Eckl. [family IRIDACEAE], non Red.
GLADIOLUS bullatus [family IRIDACEAE], Thunb. herb.
Information
corm small, globose; tunics of fine fibres; produced leaves 3, superposed, with long glabrous sheaths and narrow linear or subterete rigid blades, the lower overtopping the stem; flowers 1–4, pink; spathe-valves green, long-pointed, the lowest 1 1/2–2 in. long; perianth bright pink; tube curved, 3/4–1 in. long, funnel-shaped in the upper half; limb 1–1 1/4 in. long; three upper segments obovate or broad oblong, 1/2– 3/4 in. broad; three lower oblong-spathulate, rather longer; stamens reaching half-way up the limb. null
Distribution
COAST REGION sand dunes near Cape Town, 50 ft., Bolus, 3741! Cape Flats at Doorn Hoogte, Zeyher, 1629! near Rondebosch, MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 285! Worcester Div., Cooper, 3193! Swellendam Div.; Tradouw Mts., Drège! near Groot Vadersbosch and Voormans Bosch, Zeyher, 3984!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Thunberg!

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