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Gladiolus dalenii subsp. dalenii

Gladiolus dalenii subsp. dalenii  
Family: Iridaceae
[Bobartia natalensis (Regel) Klatt, moreGladiolus adlamii Baker, Gladiolus affinis De Wild., Gladiolus angolensis Welw. ex Baker, Gladiolus anorthanthus Ingram, Gladiolus antholyzoides Baker, Gladiolus barnardii G.J. Lewis, Gladiolus boehmii Vaupel, Gladiolus brachylimbus Baker, Gladiolus buettneri Pax, Gladiolus caffensis Cufod., Gladiolus calothyrsus Vaupel, Gladiolus coccineus L. Bolus, Gladiolus cooperi Baker, Gladiolus corneus Oliv., Gladiolus dracocephalus Hook.f., Gladiolus gallaensis Vaupel, Gladiolus garnieri Klatt, Gladiolus garuanus Vaupel, Gladiolus hockii De Wild., Gladiolus ignescens Bojer ex Baker, Gladiolus kilimandscharicus Pax, Gladiolus leichtlinii Baker, Gladiolus leptophyllus L. Bolus, Gladiolus louwii L. Bolus, Gladiolus luembensis De Wild., Gladiolus luteolus Klatt, Gladiolus magaliesmontanus F. Bolus, Gladiolus natalensis Reinw. ex Hook., Gladiolus nebulicolus Ingram, Gladiolus newii Baker, Gladiolus occidentalis A. Chev., Gladiolus pageae L. Bolus, Gladiolus platyphyllus Baker, Gladiolus quartinianus A.Rich., Gladiolus retrocurvus G.J. Lewis, Gladiolus saltatorum Baker, Gladiolus schimperianus Steud. ex Baker, Gladiolus splendidus Rendle, Gladiolus sulphureus Baker, Gladiolus taylorianus Rendle, Gladiolus tysonii Baker, Gladiolus vogtsii L. Bolus, Keitia natalensis Regel]
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Peter Goldblatt in Flora of North America (vol. 26)
Plants (50-)70-120(-150) cm. Corms tunicate, (15-)20-30 mm diam.; tunic layered, brown, brittle, cartilaginous, outer layer becoming irregularly broken to fibrous, usually bearing numerous tiny cormlets basally. Stems simple. Leaves contemporary with flowering stem [foliage leaves borne later on separate shoots], 4-6(-7), at least proximalmost 2 ± basal, distalmost 1-2 cauline, ± sheathing, ± 1/2 length of spike; blade narrowly lanceolate to ± linear, (5-)10-20(-30) mm wide, midribs and margins notably thickened. Spikes (2-)3-7(-14)-flowered, secund; sheaths subequal, (2.5-)4-7 cm, inner slightly shorter than outer, apex sometimes dry, pale. Flowers unscented; perianth tube ± cylindrical, curving outward in distal 1/2, (25-)35-45 mm; tepals red to orange with yellow mark on outer 3 tepals (or yellow to greenish and often with red to brown streaks on inner tepals), unequal, inner 3 tepals broadly elliptic, dorsal tepal horizontal to downcurved, 35-50 mm, to 22-30 mm wide, inner lateral tepals usually curving outward distally, ± equaling dorsal, outer 3 tepals curving downward, 20-25(-30) mm, outermost tepal somewhat longer and narrower than outer lateral tepals; filaments ca. 25 mm; anthers 12-16 mm; style branching near apex of anthers; branches (4-)5-6 mm. Capsules ellipsoid to ovoid, (18-) 25-35 × 12-14 mm. Seeds broadly winged, 8-12 × 5-9 mm; seed coats light brown, glossy.

Flowering mainly May--Jul. Introduced; Ala., La.; sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, Arabia.
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