Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Iridaceae

Genus:

Gladiolus

Species:

Gladiolus unguiculatus

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Geophyte

Native Range

East Tropical Africa: Tanzania, Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad, Sudan-South Sudan, South Tropical Africa: Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, West Tropical Africa: Benin, Burkina, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon