Gladiolus triphyllus

Gladiolus triphyllus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Iridaceae
Genus:	Gladiolus
Species:	G. triphyllus
Binomial name
	Gladiolus triphyllus; (Sm.) Ker Gawl.

Gladiolus triphyllus, Three-leaved Gladiolus is an erect perennial herb, 15-30 cm high, glabrous, glaucous, with an ovoid corm. Leaves usually 3 or 4, alternate, simple, entire, linear, the two lower 10-30 x 0.3-0.5 cm, the upper much reduced. Flowers on a spike, zygomorphic, perianth of 6 petaloid parts, 2.5-3 cm long, pale or dark rose pink, smelling only in the afternoon, bracts 1.5-3 cm long. Flowers Mars-May. Fruit a capsule.^[1]

Habitat

Openings of pine forests, maquis, garigue on limestone or igneous formations from 0 to 1200 m altitude.

Distribution

Endemic to Cyprus, locally common especially in Akamas (Smyies, Fontana, Amoroza, Karavopetres, Erimites etc.), Tripylos, Dodheka Anemi (Paphos forest), Stavrovouni, Akrotiri, Pentadaktylos, Yialousa.

References

^ The Endemic Plants of Cyprus, Texts: Takis Ch. Tsintides, Photographs: Laizos Kourtellarides, Cyprus Association of Professional Foresters, Bank of Cyprus Group, Nicosia 1998, ISBN 9963-42-067-2

External links

[1] The Endemic Plants of Cyprus, Texts: Takis Ch. Tsintides, Photographs: Laizos Kourtellarides, Cyprus Association of Professional Foresters, Bank of Cyprus Group, Nicosia 1998, ISBN 9963-42-067-2

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