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Accession Data:

Gladiolus alatus L.

  • subg. Gladiolus sect. Gladiolus subsect. Hebea

  • Common Name: Little Turkey, kalkoentjie
  • Family: Iridaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: SW. Cape Prov.
  • Habitat: sandy flats of the Western Cape

  • Culture: Winter rainfall areas. Keep dry during dormancy.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201600181
  • Source: Silverhill?
  • Accession Date: 12-08-2016
  • Bench: 6001 - BPB:6000:Bench1
    • Currently: dormant
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 04-28-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Asparagales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Iridaceae
  • SubFamily: Crocoideae
  • Tribe: Gladioleae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, December 08, 2016.
  2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Thursday, December 08, 2016.
  3. Gladiolus alatus at WikiSpecies. Last accessed on Thursday, December 08, 2016.
  4. Gladiolus alatus at PlantzAfrica. Last accessed on Thursday, December 08, 2016.

data regenerated on Sat, 10 May 2025 13:44:27 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Iridaceae

  • Lapeirousia jacquinii

Subfamily Aristeoideae

  • Aristea ecklonii

Subfamily Crocoideae

  • Crocus sativus
  • Hesperantha coccinea
  • Ixia amethystina

Subfamily Crocoideae
Tribe Gladioleae

  • Gladiolus alatus
  • Gladiolus kamiesbergensis
  • Gladiolus murielae

Subfamily Crocoideae
Tribe Ixieae

  • Babiana blanda
  • Tritonia deusta

Subfamily Iridoideae
Tribe Irideae

  • Ferraria crispa
  • Iris germanica
  • Iris sibirica
  • Moraea vegeta

Subfamily Iridoideae
Tribe Sisyrinchieae

  • Libertia ixioides

Subfamily Iridoideae
Tribe Trimezieae

  • Neomarica gracilis
  • Trimezia steyermarkii

Subfamily Ixioideae
Tribe Freesieae

  • Freesia alba
  • Freesia fucata W/C
  • Freesia laxa
  • Freesia occidentalis
  • Freesia refracta W/C
  • Freesia unidentified

Subfamily Ixioideae
Tribe Ixieae

  • Dierama galpinii
  • Geissorhiza radians W/C

Subfamily Ixioideae
Tribe Watsonieae

  • Watsonia aletroides W/C
  • Watsonia sp.
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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