Iridaceae
Sheathed gladiolus
Gladiolus ecklonii
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Gladiolus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 肉色唐菖蒲
- English
- Sheathed gladiolus
- Southern Sotho
- Litsoantsoang, Makhabebe
Synonyms
- Gladiolus carneus Klatt
- Gladiolus ecklonii subsp. ecklonii
- Gladiolus inclusus F.Bolus
- Gladiolus marmoratus Tausch
Flowers
- In flower
- January to March (from 48 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Brian du Preez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: peganum, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peter Warren, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Suvarna Parbhoo Mohan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lisa Hester, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.