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Gladiolus illyricus - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Portela, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Braga, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Gladiolus illyricus - Flower, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower, side view; Portela, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Braga, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Gladiolus illyricus - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Portela, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Braga, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1314
Date of entry: 22.05.2010
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Wild Gladiolus

German: Illyrische Siegwurz

Portuguese: Espadana-dos-montes

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2599)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2496)

    Class: Liliopsida (387)

      Order: Liliales (118)

        Family: Iridaceae (16)(family description)

          Genus: Gladiolus (2)

            Epithet: illyricus W.D.J.Koch (2)

illyricus => from ancient Illyria, mainly in present day Albania

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet

External links

Check for Gladiolus illyricus at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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