Gladiolus angustus
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Gladiolus angustus is a species of gladiolus
known by the common name long-tubed painted lady.
This flower is an herb growing from a papery corm
and reaching 30 to 60 centimeters in height. It has basal sword-shaped leaves with prominent midveins. Each scape
has two or three flowers with lance-shaped bract
s. The funnel-shaped flowers are white or cream, sometimes tinted with pink. The fruit often do not develop. This plant is native to South Africa but has become invasive elsewhere and naturalized in many places, especially Australia.
Gladiolus
Gladiolus is a genus of perennial bulbous flowering plants in the iris family...
known by the common name long-tubed painted lady.
This flower is an herb growing from a papery corm
Corm
A corm is a short, vertical, swollen underground plant stem that serves as a storage organ used by some plants to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as summer drought and heat ....
and reaching 30 to 60 centimeters in height. It has basal sword-shaped leaves with prominent midveins. Each scape
Scape (botany)
In botany, scapes are leafless flowering stems that rise from the ground. Scapes can have a single flower or many flowers, depending on the species....
has two or three flowers with lance-shaped bract
Bract
In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis, or cone scale. Bracts are often different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of a different color, shape, or texture...
s. The funnel-shaped flowers are white or cream, sometimes tinted with pink. The fruit often do not develop. This plant is native to South Africa but has become invasive elsewhere and naturalized in many places, especially Australia.