Gladiolus liliaceus

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   bulbous

Lifespan: perennial
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
Features: flowers
Flower features: brown
Scientific Names

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Flowering plant in the Gladiolus genus.


Read about Gladiolus liliaceus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Gladiolus liliaceus (Gladiolus grandis, Thunb., G. versicolor, Andr.). Corm, globose, with coverings of thick wiry fibers: st. slender, ft. or less, terete: lvs. about 3, terete, strongly ribbed, 1 ½ ft. or less long: fls. 6 or less in a lax 1-sided spike, 3 in. long, with a curved tube; segms. nearly equal, oblong-lanceolate and cuspidate, as long as the tube and twice longer than the stamens, recurved and often wavy, yellowish or creamy, tinged and striped with purple-brown, especially on the keel: caps, oblong, 1 ½ in. long; seeds winged. S. Afr. CH


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