Blood-red gladiolus
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The blood red gladiolus ( Gladiolus cruentus ) is a plant of the genus gladiolus ( Gladiolus ) in the family of the Iridaceae (Iridaceae). It is one of the parent species of the garden gladiolus ( Gladiolus × hortulanus ).
features
The blood-red gladiolus is a perennial herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 30 to 90 centimeters. As a permanent organ, this geophyte forms tubers . The stem is unbranched. The four to five leaves are simple and have parallel veins. The leaf margin is smooth.
There are three to ten flowers in one inflorescence . The hermaphrodite flower is threefold. The almost identical bracts are scarlet. The flower tube is a little curved, inside pale yellow and red spotted. The expanded perigone are 30 to 50 millimeters long and 18 to 30 millimeters wide; the lower ones are drawn in white.
The flowering period is believed to be from June to July. There are fruit capsules formed.
Occurrence
The blood-red gladiolus occurs in KwaZulu-Natal and on the Drakensberg in Lesotho .
use
The blood-red gladiolus is rarely used as an ornamental plant.
literature
- Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Excursion flora from Germany . Founded by Werner Rothmaler. tape 5 : Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Springer, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Gladiolus cruentus. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved July 24, 2018.