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Gladiolus communis

Species of flowering plant

Summary

Species of flowering plant

Gladiolus communis, the eastern gladiolus, or common corn-flag, is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae, native to temperate northern Africa, western Asia and southern Europe, from the Mediterranean to the Caucasus, and widely naturalised in frost-free locations elsewhere – such as coastal parts of the southwestern British Isles.

It is a vigorous cormous herbaceous perennial growing to 1 m tall with linear leaves and bright pink flowers in spring. Two subspecies are identified:

  • G. communis subsp. communis
  • G. communis subsp. byzantinus (Mill.) A. P. Ham. In cultivation the latter has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Gladiolus byzantinus02.jpg|G. communis subsp. byzantinus

References

References

  1. "''Gladiolus communis''". USDA Agricultural Research Service.
  2. {{BSBI 2007
  3. "Gladiolus Communis". the.botanical-magazine.com.
  4. "Gladiolus communis". rhs.org.
  5. (1971). "Flora of the Isles of Scilly". David & Charles.
  6. "''Gladiolus communis'' subsp. ''byzantinus'' AGM". Royal Horticultural Society.
  7. (2008). "RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants". Dorling Kindersley.
  8. (July 2017). "AGM Plants - Ornamental". Royal Horticultural Society.
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