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

Threatened plant Species
Identification

CR    Critically Endangered 
EN  Endangered  
VU  Vulnerable
NT   Near Threatened 
R Rare