Gladiolus Alatus - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Nymphaea the southern Arabian Peninsula

the southern Arabian Peninsula

The caudiciform stem of the plant normally remains underground

A flat leaf Italian parsley this is a biennial

Exotic looking flowers in bright contrasting colours are a feature of this plant

Gladiolus Alatus - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Nymphaea the southern Arabian PeninsulaGladiolus (from Latin, the diminutive of gladius, a sword) is a genus of perennial bulbous flowering plants in the iris family. Sometimes called the sword lily, the most widely used English common name for these plants is simply gladiolus (plural gladioli, gladioluses or sometimes gladiolas). The genus is distributed in Mediterranean Europe, Asia, Tropical Africa and South Africa. The centre of diversity of the genus is located in the Cape Floristic