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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Plant to 80 cm, with membranous corms, becoming fibrous and matted with age. Leaves both basal and cauline. Spike with 5-9 flowers. Upper tepal large, arched, 4.5 - 5.5 cm. Flowers bright red, the lower tepals each with a white to yellow streak; the markings spathulate on the lower lateral tepals. Filaments well exserted; anthers apiculate. |
Notes: | This species is included in the Zimbabwe flora on the basis of its inclusion in Mapaura and Timberlake (2004). In FZ 12(4), however, it is only recorded from Malawi and Mozambique. |
Derivation of specific name: | decoratus: handsome, elegant, decorative |
Habitat: | In sandy soil, woodland and forest; also on rocky slopes. |
Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 2000 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe |
Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Saturday 7 April 2007 |
Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 212 - 213. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 28. Goldblatt, P. (1993). Iridaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(4) Page 100. Goldblatt, P. (1996). Gladiolus in Tropical Africa Timber Press. Portland, Oregon. Pages 268 - 272. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 92. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 110. |
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