Gladiolus crispulatus Seeds - Rare Indigenous South African Native Perennial Bulb Seeds from Africa

Gladiolus crispulatus Seeds 

 Gladiolus (from Latin, the diminutive of gladius, a sword) is a genus of flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae). Sometimes called the sword lily, the most widely-used English common name for these plants is simply gladiolus (plural gladioli or gladioluses).

The genus Gladiolus contains about 260 species, of which 250 are native to sub-Saharan Africa, mostly South Africa. About 10 species are native to Eurasia. There are 160 species of Gladiolus endemic in southern Africa and 76 in tropical Africa.

The fragrant flower spikes are large and one-sided. They make very good cut flowers.

Gladiolus crispulatus is a rare South African endemic species from the Western Cape Province where it can be found growing in Fynbos on southern slopes at altitudes of 300m to 900m in the Langeberg Mountains between Swellendam and Riversdale. It forms a slender plant to 40cm tall with four narrow leaves. During mid-summer it bears a spike with two to four deep pink flowers with darker markings on the lower tepals.

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