Iridaceae
Painted lady
Gladiolus carneus
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Gladiolus
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Painted lady
- German
- Fleischrosa Gladiole
Synonyms
- Gladiolus albidus Jacq.
- Gladiolus blandus Aiton
- Gladiolus blandus var. carneus (D.Delaroche) Ker Gawl.
- Gladiolus blandus var. excelsus Ker Gawl.
- Gladiolus blandus var. purpureoalbescens Ker Gawl.
- Gladiolus callistus F.Bolus
- Gladiolus callistus var. gracilior F.Bolus
- Gladiolus campanulatus Andrews
- Gladiolus carneus var. hibbertii Baker
- Gladiolus cordatus (Thunb.) Thunb.
- Gladiolus cuspidatus var. ensifolius Baker
- Gladiolus excelsus (Ker Gawl.) Ker Gawl.
- Gladiolus eximius Ingram
- Gladiolus expallescens Schrank
- Gladiolus hibbertii Baker
- Gladiolus lunulatus Klatt
- Gladiolus macowanianus Klatt
- Gladiolus pictus Sweet
- Gladiolus prismatosiphon Schltr.
- Gladiolus sagittifer Salisb.
- Gladiolus trimaculatus Lam.
- Gladiolus tristis var. cordatus Thunb.
- Gladiolus ventricosus Lam.
- Gladiolus vinulus Klatt
- Moraea ramosa Endl.
Flowers
- In flower
- September to November (from 1,443 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: magriet b, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Brian du Preez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: desertnaturalist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Peter Baker from Cape Town, South Africa, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Epibase, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ren Hoekstra, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris Vynbos, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: ashley BALSAM baz from uk, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.