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Gladiolus undulatus

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Name

Identification
Gladiolus undulatus L. [family IRIDACEAE ]
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  • Gladiolus undulatus

Flora

Entry for GLADIOLUS cuspidatus 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 cuspidatus Jacq. [family IRIDACEAE], Ic. t. 257;—Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 582; Gen. Irid. 139; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 219; Red. Lil. t. 136; Baker. Handb. Irid. 205.
GLADIOLUS undulatus Linn. [family IRIDACEAE], Mant. 27; Thunb. Fl. Cap. i. 206, ex parte.
GLADIOLUS affinis Pers. [family IRIDACEAE], Syn. i. 45.
Information
corm globose; tunics of fine, parallel strands of matted fibres; stems simple, 2–3 ft. long; leaves 3–4, linear, rigid in texture, glabrous, the lowest 1 1/2–2 ft. long, about 1/2 in. broad; flowers 4–8, in a lax secund spike; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, outer 2–3 in. long; perianth white or pale pink; tube slightly curved, 2–3 in. long, clavate in the upper third; segments oblong, 1 1/2 in. long, 1/3– 1/2 in. broad, narrowed into a long, wavy point, the three lower with a spade-shaped purple blotch; stamens reaching halfway up the limb. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Rondebosch and between Constantia and Steen Bergen, under 1000 ft., Drège! Sand-dunes near Cape Town, Zeyher, 1631! Paarl Mountains, below 100 ft., Drège! Clanwilliam Div., Mader in Herb. MacOwan, 2163! Worcester Div., Cooper, 1617! 1680! Stellenbosch Div.; near Somerset West, MacOwan, 2691! Var. γ, Caledon Div.; Houw Hoek, and Hottentots Holland Mountains, Pappe!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Thunberg! Burchell!

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