Iridaceae

Cornflag

Gladiolus dalenii Van Geel

Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Gladiolus

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Cornflag (Gladiolus dalenii) — FlowerPhoto: Alan Manson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (6)

Chinese: 鹦鹉唐菖蒲
English: Cornflag
German: Primel-Gladiole
Macedonian: Папагалска гладиола
Malayalam: ഗ്ലാഡിയോലസ് ഡാലെനി
Persian: گلایول دالنی

Flowers

In flower: October to May (from 578 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Alan Manson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Joe Dillon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Tim Park, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: anniesannuals, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jack Holloway from South Africa, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alan Jeon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.