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Gladiolus tristis

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Identification
Gladiolus tristis L. [family IRIDACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for GLADIOLUS grandis Thunb. [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 grandis Thunb. [family IRIDACEAE], Fl. Cap. i. 186;—Klatt in Linnæa xxxii. 714; Baker, Handb. Irid. 202.
GLADIOLUS tristis [family IRIDACEAE], Linn. herb!
GLADIOLUS tristis Thunb. var. grandis [family IRIDACEAE], Diss. No. 8.
GLADIOLUS versicolor Andr. [family IRIDACEAE], Bot. Rep. t. 19; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1042; Gen. Irid. 135.
Information
corm globose; tunics of thick, parallel, wiry fibres; stem slender, terete, 1–2 ft. long; leaves 3, superposed, terete, strongly ribbed, firm in texture, the lowest 1–1 1/2 ft. long; flowers fragrant, 2–6 in a very lax secund spike; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, the outer 2–2 1/2 in. long; perianth 2 1/2–3 in. long, with a curved tube funnel-shaped in the upper third; segments yellowish-white, more or less tinged with purplish-brown, especially on the keel, oblong, 1/2– 3/4 in. broad, narrowed into a long point; stamens reaching halfway up the limb; capsule oblong, membranous, 1 1/2 in. long. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Clanwilliam Div.; Mader in Herb. MacOwan, 2162! Cape Div.; Chapman Bay, MacGillivray, 484! Table Mountain, 500 ft., MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 809! Caledon Div.; Zwartberg, near the Hot Springs, MacOwan, 2607! and Palmiet R. Valley, near Grabouw, 700 ft., Bolus, 4023! Worcester Div.; Cooper, 1630! 1688! 3191! Swellendam Div.; mountain ridges along the lower part of Zonder Einde R., Zeyher, 1630! 3978! Riversdale Div.; near Zoetmelks River, Burchell, 6723! George Div.; near George, Burchell, 5824! 6056! between George and Malgat R., Burchell, 6087! and by Malgat R., Burchell, 6116!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Thunberg!

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