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Gladiolus ecklonii (Gladiolus ecklonii)

Description

Plants grow 0.35–1 m high. Corm is subglobose, meaning it shaped like a ball, but not having the perfect shape of a sphere or ball, 25–40 mm in diameter, covered with tunics of coarse, brown fibres extending up into a neck, 20–60 mm long. Leaves 6–10, rarely up to 13, about 240 × 30 mm, the lower 4 leaves more or less basal and longest, usually forming a stiff, spreading fan. Leaf margins are strongly thickened, red or yellow, and the midrib is curved at the base.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Asparagales

            • Family: Iridaceae

              • Genus: Gladiolus