Entry for GLADIOLUS oppositiflorus Herb. [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 oppositiflorusHerb. [family IRIDACEAE], in Bot. Reg. 1842, Misc. 86;—Baker, Handb. Irid. 218; Bot. Mag. t. 7292.
Information
corm large, globose; tunics of matted fibres; produced basal leaves about 4, ensiform, firm in texture, 1–1 1/2 ft. long, 3/4–1 in. broad; stem 3–4 ft. long including the inflorescence, often branched; flowers up to 30 or 40, arranged in a distichous spike often a foot long; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, acute, thin in texture, 1–1 1/2 in. long; perianth white; tube curved, 1–1 1/4 in. long, slender up to the top; limb horizontal, 1 1/2 in. long, with oblong-spathulate acute segments not more than 1/3– 1/2 in. broad at the middle; stamens half as long as the limb. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Transkei, MacOwan, 2254! Not uncommon about the Kei river, Flanagan.
Notes
Said to be a native of Madagascar, but not received thence in any of the recent collections. It is often wrongly called G. floribundus in gardens.
