Citation: Ker Gawler, Curtis's Bot. Mag. 17:t. 608 (1802).

Synonymy: Gladiolus marginatus L.f., Suppl. 95 (1782).

Common name: None

Description:
Perennial to 1.2 m high; corm 5-6 cm diam.; leaves lanceolate to sword-shaped, 25-45 cm long, 3-5 cm wide, glabrous, glaucous, with a prominent mid-vein and smooth yellowish margins thickened to 1 mm.

Spike simple or with few branches, dense; spathes acuminate, 1.2-1.8 cm long, scarious, straw-coloured; flowers actinomorphic, pale-pink; perianth tube narrow-cylindric, 1.3-1.5 cm long, c. 1 mm wide, dilated to 2-3 mm at the apex; lobes all spreading, obovate, apiculate, equal, 1.3-2 cm long, 7-10 mm wide; stamens equilateral, erect, alternating with 3 minute staminodes; anthers 6-8 mm long, yellow; style branches very short, 2-fid, hardly exceeding the stamens.

Capsule ovoid, acute, 8-12 mm long, blackish.

Published illustration: Mason (1972) Western Cape sandveld flowers, t. 26.

Distribution:  A garden ornamental persisting where corms have been dumped. S.Aust.: FR, SL.   W.Aust.; Vic.   Native to South Africa. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Sept., Oct.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

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