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Gladiolus tenellus

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Name

Identification
Gladiolus tenellus Ecklon [family IRIDACEAE ]
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  • Gladiolus tenellus

Flora

Entry for GLADIOLUS tenellus Jacq. [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 tenellus Jacq. [family IRIDACEAE], Ic. t. 248;—Thunb. Fl. Cap. i. 179; Schneev. Ic. t. 40; Ker, Gen. Irid. 137; Baker, Handb. Irid. 204.
GLADIOLUS tristis Thunb. var. humilis [family IRIDACEAE], Diss. No. 8.
GLADIOLUS tristis Thunb. var. luteus [family IRIDACEAE], Diss. No. 8.
Information
corm globose, 1/2 in. diam.; tunics of strong, parallel strands of matted fibres; stem simple, very slender, 1–1 1/2 ft. long; produced leaves about 3, long-sheathing, subterete, the lowest sometimes as long as the stem; flowers 2–5, in a very lax secund spike; outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, 1–1 1/2 in. long; perianth-tube curved, about an inch long, funnel-shaped at the top; segments oblong, subacute, an inch long, 1/4– 1/3 in. broad, yellowish-white, tinged with lilac, and the lower ones much spotted at the throat; stamens reaching more than halfway up the limb. null
Distribution
COAST REGION at the foot of Devils Mountain, near Mowbray, 300 ft., Bolus, 4890! Cape Flats at Doornhoogde, Zeyher, 1628! Clanwilliam Div.; between Berg Vallei and Lange Vallei, Drège!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Thunberg! Villette! Cooper, 220!

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