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

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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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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

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