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Gladiolus setifolius

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Name

Identification
Gladiolus setifolius Eckl. [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Gladiolus gracilis Jacq. [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Gladiolus gracilis
  • Gladiolus setifolius

Flora

Entry for LAPEYROUSIA divaricata Baker [family ]
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
LAPEYROUSIA divaricata Baker [family ], in Journ. Bot. 1876, 337;—Handb. Irid. 170.
Gladiolus setifolius Linn. fil. [family IRIDACEAE], Suppl. 96; Thunb. Diss. No. 19; Prodr. 8; Fl. Cap. i. 202; Ker, Gen. Irid. 137.
Information
corm globose, 1/2 in. diam., with thick brown tunics; produced basal leaf linear, 6–9 in. long, firm in texture, strongly ribbed; stem 1/2–1 ft. long including the inflorescence, subterete, copiously branched from near the base; branches arcuate, ascending; flowers 6–10 in a spike, which is short and dense in the flowering, but elongated in the fruiting stage; outer spathe-valve ovate-navicular, with a recurved tip, 1/4– 1/3 in. long, green with a red edge; perianth-tube slender, 1/4 in. long; limb 1/3– 1/2 in. long, with oblanceolate segments; stamens half as long as the perianth-segments. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Clanwilliam Div., Mader in Hb. MacOwan, 2137 partly!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Thunberg! Thom!WESTERN REGION Little Namaqualand; between Port Nolloth and the interior mountains, 200 ft., Bolus, 6575! 6577!

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