Curtis's Botanical Magazine
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-PLATE- Plate No. 586
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-COMMON_NAMES- Wing-flowered Cornflag
-GENUS- Gladiolus
-SPECIES- Gladiolus alatus
-CLASS- Triandria
-ORDER- Monogynia
-AUTHORITY- Gawler
-MODERN_GENUS- Gladiolus
-MODERN_SPECIES- Gladiolus alatus
-MODERN_FAMILY- Iridaceae
-PLANT_TYPE- perennial
-COLOR- brick-red to orange
-SEASON- March to May (needs additional warmth to flower)
-NATIVE_REGION- Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
-SOURCE- The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME- 16
-PUB_DATE- 1802
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-EDITOR- John Sims
-ARTIST- S. Edwards, Sansum
-NALPCD- Disc 0413 IMG0079.PCD