Citation: Klatt in Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 5:194 (1895).

Synonymy: Gladiolus pyramidatus Andrews, Bot. Rep. 5:t. 335 (1803).

Common name: Rosy warsonia.

Description:
Perennial 1-1.5 m high; leaves sword-shaped, 50-100 cm long, 2-4 cm wide, glabrous, with a prominent mid-vein; stem with 2 or 3 reduced leaves.

Spike with short appressed branches, dense, 20-45 cm long; spathes lanceolate to oblong, 1.6-2.2 cm long, herbaceous to scarious, reddish; flowers zygomorphic, pale-pink to magenta; perianth tube 3-4 cm long, curved, narrow for c. 1.5 cm at the base, broadly funnel-shaped above; lobes ovate to elliptic, acute to apiculate, 2.8-3.5 cm long, 1.2-1.6 cm wide, spreading; stamens unilateral in a group near the centre of the flower; anthers 10-12 mm long, dark-purple; style shorter than the perianth, subequal to the anthers; branches 4-5 mm long, 2-fid or further divided, purple; stigmas 6-12.

Capsule ovoid-cylindric, c. 3cm long.

Distribution:  Locally established on roadsides and in disturbed forest.   W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic.   Native to South Africa. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Sept. — Nov.

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

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: The above description covers hybrids and cultivars apparently related to this species, and material tentatively referred to W. wordsworthiana J. Mathews & L. Bolus.

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