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Gladiolus pulchellus

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Name

Identification
Gladiolus pulchellus Klatt [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Lewis, G.J.,
Related name
  • Hebea pulchella
  • Gladiolus pulchellus
  • Gladiolus virescens

Flora

Entry for GLADIOLUS pulchellus 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 pulchellus Klatt [family IRIDACEAE], in Linnæa xxxii. 693;—Baker, Handb. Irid. 224.
Hebea pulchella [family ], Eckl. Herb.
Gladiolus virescens var. β [family IRIDACEAE], Herb. Thunb.!
Information
corm small, globose; tunics pale brown, membranous; lowest leaf subterete, a foot or more long, the other 2–3, superposed, much shorter; stem 1 ft. long including inflorescence, simple or branched; flowers 4–8 in a very lax spike; outer spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, green, 1/2– 3/4 in. long; flowers pale pinkish-purple; perianth-tube 1/2 in. long; upper segment arched, oblong, with a long claw, 3/4 in. long, 1/4 in. broad; side segments shorter, ovate, acute, 1/2 in. broad; 3 lower deflexed, obovate, with a long claw, 1/4 in. broad; stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the perianth-segments; anthers 1/4 the length of the filaments. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Caledon Div.; near Appels Kraal, Zonder Einde River, Zeyher, 3994! Humansdorp Div.; between Kabeljouw River and Gamtoos River, Drège, 8415!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Thunberg! Bowie!

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