Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-  Plate No. 578

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-COMMON_NAMES- Violet-scented Corn-Flag
-GENUS- Gladiolus
-SPECIES- Gladiolus recurvus
-CLASS- Triandria
-ORDER- Monogynia
-AUTHORITY- Gawler

-MODERN_GENUS- 
-MODERN_SPECIES- 
-MODERN_FAMILY- Iridaceae

-PLANT_TYPE- perennial
-COLOR- cream, pale yellow, with purple, varies pinkish
-SEASON- April and May
-NATIVE_REGION- Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)

-SOURCE- The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME- 16
-PUB_DATE- 1802
-REISSUED-  
-EDITOR- John Sims
-ARTIST- S. Edwards, Sansum
-NALPCD- Disc 0413 IMG0071.PCD