Gladiolus imbricatus
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Native to southeastern Europe and Turkey (Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece), Gladiolus imbricatus grows in wet meadows and marshes, up to 2500 m elevation in mountain areas. A perennial 30-100 cm tall, with an erect, glabrous, unbranched stem arising from a spherical corm wrapped in parallel fibres, it bears sword-shaped leaves over 10 mm wide, shorter than the stem. Flowering in June and July produces a dense, one-sided spike of 4 to 12 pale carmine to deep purple flowers, pollinated by bees and bumblebees. Unlike most Mediterranean gladioli, it requires cool, moist soil and full sun rather than summer drought.
- Family :Iridaceae
- Native to :Méditerrané
- Growth :winter grower
- Flowering height :0-15 cm
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Growth :January (sem. 1-4), February (sem. 1-4), March (sem. 1-4), April (sem. 1-4), May (sem. 1-4), June (sem. 1-4), July (sem. 1-4), August (sem. 1-4), September (sem. 1-4), October (sem. 1-4), November (sem. 1-4), December (sem. 1-4)