Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-  Plate No. 450

Click thumbnail for larger image

-COMMON_NAMES- Watson's Corn-flag
-GENUS- Gladiolus
-SPECIES- Gladiolus watsonius
-CLASS- Triandria
-ORDER- Monogynia
-AUTHORITY- Jacquin

-MODERN_GENUS- Gladiolus 
-MODERN_SPECIES- Gladiolus watsonius
-MODERN_FAMILY- Iridaceae

-PLANT_TYPE- perennial
-COLOR- bright red or orange-red
-SEASON- February and March
-NATIVE_REGION- Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) 

-SOURCE- The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME- 13
-PUB_DATE- 1799
-REISSUED- 
-EDITOR- William Curtis
-ARTIST- S. Edwards, Sansum
-NALPCD- Disc 0414 IMG0066.PCD