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Vascular plant groups
Club mosses
Ferns
Vegetative key to families
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Gladiolus L.
Spathes and
scape
glabrous
Gladiolus
consider the other alternative
Perianth
more than 3 cm long. Leaves not
succulent
and scarcely exceeding the scapes
choose this alternative
reject this alternative
Perianth
tube c. twice as long as the lobes. Leaves
linear
, up to 60 cm long, 5–8 mm wide. Flowers in a one-sided
spike
.
Perianth
cream to pink, 7–10 cm long. Garden escape near habitation. Introd. from S. Africa
Gladiolus angustus
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Perianth
tube c. as long as the lobes