Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Gladiolus dalenii ssp. dalenii
FAMILY
Iridaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gladiolus dalenii ssp. dalenii
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Gladiolus dalenii ssp. dalenii
COMMON NAME:
Gladiolus
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July Greenville County SC
Leaves 1-9; blade lanceolate to linear, plane, per Flora of North America.
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July Greenville County SC
Inflorescences spicate, partly to fully secund or flowers weakly distichous, per Flora of North America.
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Tepals basally connate into tube, dorsal tepal arched to hooded over stamens, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Gladiolus dalenii ssp. dalenii
FAMILY
Iridaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gladiolus dalenii ssp. dalenii
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Gladiolus dalenii ssp. dalenii
4030
Forb
Perennial
Non-native: southern Africa
Documented growing wild in - - -
Look for it . It is sometimes cultivated, rarely persisting or spreading, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Summer
White, cream, orange, or red
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
3 stamens
Inferior ovary
Inflorescence a bracteate, usually secund spike
FRUIT:
Capsule
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