Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-  Plate No. 1042

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-COMMON_NAMES- Large-flowered Corn-flag,
Large Brown Afrikaner
-GENUS- Gladiolus
-SPECIES- Gladiolus versicolor (alpha)
and (epsilon)
-CLASS- Triandria
-ORDER- Monogynia
-AUTHORITY- Gawler

-MODERN_GENUS- Gladiolus
-MODERN_SPECIES- Gladiolus liliaceus
-MODERN_FAMILY- Iridaceae

-PLANT_TYPE- perennial
-COLOR- usually dull yellow frecked brown,
pink, red or purple
-SEASON- late winter, spring, summer
-NATIVE_REGION- S Africa
-ZONE- 9
-NON_PREF_TERM-SPECIES- Gladiolus gradis and Gladiolus major

-SOURCE- The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME- 26
-PUB_DATE- 1807
-REISSUED- __
-EDITOR- John Sims
-ARTIST- S. Edwards, Sansum
-NALPCD- Disc 0401 IMG0036.PCD
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