Gladiolus

سيف الغراب، سعد

• COMMON NAME:Gladiolus

• ARABIC:سيف الغراب، سعد

• BOTANICAL NAME:Gladiolus italicus Mill.

• FAMILY:IRIDACEAE

• KIND:Native

• EMIRATE:Fujairah

• GROWTH FORMS:Herbs

• HABITATS:Slope (Rocky)Slope (Stony)

• TYPES:Perennial

DESCRIPTION:

perennial, brown corm with fibrous covering. Stem rigid, 30-80 cm. Leaves lance-shaped with 3-5 veins. Flowers pink on spike, 2.5*5 cm, nodding on short stems, upper middle petal larger than the others. Fruit a round capsule between persistent bracts. Seeds round, brown, c. 0.2 cm. Flowering from February to April.

REFERENCES:

M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:437543-1/images