#iridaceae — Public Fediverse posts
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https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Gladiolus~gueinziiNEW SOUTH WALES FLORA
#Gladiolus gueinzii Kunze
Family #Iridaceae
Gladiolus #gueinzii Kunze APNI*
Synonyms: Acidanthera brevicollis Baker APNI*Description: Herb 20–60 cm high; corm 15–20 mm diam., tunic papery.
Basal leaves linear, 25–75 cm long, 3–7 mm wide, thick, fleshy, greyish green, midvein and margins prominent; bulbils often in axils.
Scape rarely branched, sheathed by 2 or 3 reduced leaves; spike second or subdistichous, 2–6-flowered; spathe bracts ovate to oblong, 2–2.5 cm long, slightly fleshy; inner slightly smaller, usually 2-toothed. Flowers almost actinomorhpic. Perianth pale pinkish mauve with a central white stripe or mark surrounded by pinkish purple on most lobes; tube funnel-shaped, 0.8–1.2 cm long, slightly widened towards mouth, straight or slightly curved; lobes obovate, inner 3 ± rhombic to obovate, c. 2 cm long, c. 1 cm wide, narrowed at base. Style branches oblanceolate, c. 4 mm long, level with anthers.
Capsule ± acute, 2.5–3.5 cm long; seeds 7–10 mm long.
Flowering: November–December
Distribution and occurrence: Coast between the Macleay River and Narooma. Native of S Afr.
Grows as a pioneer on fore dunes.
It disperses in two ways: by winged seeds and by small corms (cormels) that can float for at least 7 months in seawater (Heyligers 1999).Text by T. A. James & E. A. Brown (1993); edited KL Wilson (Oct 2015)
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993) -
A #JapaneseIris, mainly #white with #purple and #yellow accents on the #flower. This #iris is one featured at the public #Swan #Lake #Iris Garden in #Sumter, #SouthCarolina.
#Iris, #WhiteFlower, #IrisFlower, #SwanLakeIrisGarden, #Iridaceae.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/white-iris-with-purple-edges-heron-and-fox.html -
A #JapaneseIris, mainly #white with #purple and #yellow accents on the #flower. This #iris is one featured at the public #Swan #Lake #Iris Garden in #Sumter, #SouthCarolina.
#Iris, #WhiteFlower, #IrisFlower, #SwanLakeIrisGarden, #Iridaceae.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/white-iris-with-purple-edges-heron-and-fox.html -
A #JapaneseIris, mainly #white with #purple and #yellow accents on the #flower. This #iris is one featured at the public #Swan #Lake #Iris Garden in #Sumter, #SouthCarolina.
#Iris, #WhiteFlower, #IrisFlower, #SwanLakeIrisGarden, #Iridaceae.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/white-iris-with-purple-edges-heron-and-fox.html -
A #JapaneseIris, mainly #white with #purple and #yellow accents on the #flower. This #iris is one featured at the public #Swan #Lake #Iris Garden in #Sumter, #SouthCarolina.
#Iris, #WhiteFlower, #IrisFlower, #SwanLakeIrisGarden, #Iridaceae.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/white-iris-with-purple-edges-heron-and-fox.html -
A #JapaneseIris, mainly #white with #purple and #yellow accents on the #flower. This #iris is one featured at the public #Swan #Lake #Iris Garden in #Sumter, #SouthCarolina.
#Iris, #WhiteFlower, #IrisFlower, #SwanLakeIrisGarden, #Iridaceae.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/white-iris-with-purple-edges-heron-and-fox.html