Botanical name
Gladiolus vaginatusFamily
IridaceaeStatus
Vulnerable
Description
Cormous geophyte up to 50cm. Leaves only two, both entirely sheathing or the lower with a free tip, leathery and without visible veins, 1-1.5mm wide. Flowers fragrant, blue to grey with dark streaks on lower tepals, in 2-6 flowered spike; perianth tube 6-20mm long, dorsal tepal inclined over stamens.
Habitat
Limestone and clay loamy slopes
Flower Date
February to April