Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-  Plate No. 992

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-COMMON_NAMES- Leafless-flowering
Shaggy Corn-flag
-GENUS- Gladiolus
-SPECIES- Gladiolus hirsutus (alpha)
-CLASS- Triandria
-ORDER- Monogynia
-AUTHORITY- Gawler

-MODERN_GENUS- Gladiolus
-MODERN_SPECIES- Gladiolus brevifolius
-MODERN_FAMILY- Iridaceae

-PLANT_TYPE- perennial
-COLOR- pale to deep pink or mauve
-SEASON- autumn
-NATIVE_REGION- S Africa
-ZONE- 9

-SOURCE- The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME- 25
-PUB_DATE- 1807
-REISSUED- __
-EDITOR- John Sims
-ARTIST- S. Edwards, Sansum
-NALPCD- Disc 0428 IMG0115.PCD
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