Botanical name

Gladiolus vaginatus

Family

Iridaceae

Status

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