Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Gladiolus gueinzii
Common name
None
Family
Iridaceae
Where found
Beaches and dunes. Coastal.
Notes
Introduced perennial herb, arising annually from underground 'bulbs'. Leaves fleshy, basal, 25–75 cm long, 3–7 mm wide, linear, thick, greyish green, parallel-veined, midvein and margins prominent, with a sheath at the base. Often bulbils in the leaf axils. 2-3 small sheathing leaves on the flower stalk. Flowers pink to pale or dark mauve, 'petals' with a central white stripe or mark surrounded by pinkish purple, funnel-shaped, 8–15 mm long, slightly widened at the mouth, with 6 lobes. Flowers in 1–7-flowered clusters. Flowers Oct.–Dec.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Gladiolus~gueinzii (accessed 18 January, 2021)
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