Gladiolus hirsutus (live bulb)

Gladiolus hirsutus (live bulb)

Common name: Hairy Afrikaner

Cormous geophyte up to 50cm. Leaves 3, occasionally 4, linear to sword-shaped, hairy, mostly 3-8mm wide, often fairly short, the two lower leaves basal. Flowers in 3-6 flowered spike, pink to mauve, occasionally white, lower tepals irregularly streaked with dark color; perianth tube usually 15-25mm long; bracts green or flushed greyish or purple above.

Locality: Goudini