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  • COMMON NAME: Gladiolus
  • ARABIC: سيف الغراب، سعد
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Gladiolus italicus Mill.
  • FAMILY: IRIDACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Fujairah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Slope (Rocky) Slope (Stony)
  • TYPES: Perennial
M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:437543-1/images
perennial, brown corm with fibrous covering. Stem rigid, 30-80 cm. Leaves lance-shaped with 3-5 veins. Flowers pink on spike, 2.5*5 cm, nodding on short stems, upper middle petal larger than the others. Fruit a round capsule between persistent bracts. Seeds round, brown, c. 0.2 cm. Flowering from February to April.
Meadows and cultivated plots in high mountains.
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