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Gladiolus papilio

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Name

Identification
Gladiolus papilio Hook.f. [family IRIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Gladiolus papilio

Flora

Entry for GLADIOLUS Papilio Hook. fil. [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 Papilio Hook. fil. [family IRIDACEAE], in Bot. Mag. t. 5565;—Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 175; Handb. Irid. 216.
Information
corm middle-sized, globose; tunics of parallel strands of fine matted fibres; produced subbasal leaves about 4, ensiform, glabrous, rigid in texture, 1–1 1/2 ft. long, 3/4–1 in. broad at the middle; stem 2–3 ft. long including the inflorescence; flowers pale purple, 6–12 in a lax spike; spathe-valves oblong-navicular, cuspidate, the outer 1–1 1/2 in. long; perianth horizontal; tube curved, 1/4 in. long, broadly funnel-shaped in the upper half; limb 1 1/4–1 1/2 in. long; 3 upper segments obovate-spathulate, 1/2– 3/4 in. broad, upper not reflexing; 3 lower oblong unguiculate, with a large reddish spade-shaped blotch edged with yellow at the throat; stamens reaching halfway up the limb. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Natal; near Durban, Sanderson, 367! Inanda, Wood, 442! Clairmont, Wood, 1729! in a swamp by the Mooi River, Wood, 3441! without precise locality, Gerrard, 647!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; plains near Rustenburg, 3500 ft., McLea in Herb. Bolus, 3094! Houtbosch, Rehmann, 5776! Lomatie Valley, near Barberton, 4000 ft., Galpin, 1193! and without precise locality, Sanderson! Orange Free State, Cooper, 995! 3188!

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