Three-leaved Gladiolus - Gladiolus triphyllus (Sm.) Ker-Gawl. - Γλαδίολος ο τρίφυλλος Είδος λάζαρου - Endemic to Cyprus

See also - Λίστα Ενδημικών Φυτών της Κύπρου - List of Endemics plants of Cyprus

Endemic to Cyprus

Gladiolus triphyllus, Three-leaved Gladiolus is an erect perennial herb, 15-30 cm high, glabrous, glaucous, with an ovoid corm. Leaves usually 3 or 4, alternate, simple, entire, linear, the two lower 10-30 x 0.3-0.5 cm, the upper much reduced. Flowers on a spike, zygomorphic,perianth of 6 petaloid parts, 2.5-3 cm long, pale or dark rose pink, smelling only in the afternoon, bracts 1.5-3 cm long. Flowers Mars-May. Fruit a capsule.
Openings of pine forests, maquis, garigue on limestone or igneous formations from 0 to 1200 m altitude.
Endemic to Cyprus, locally common especially in Akamas (Smyies, Fontana, Amoroza, Karavopetres, Erimites etc.), Tripylos, Dodheka Anemi (Paphos forest), Stavrovouni ,Akrotiri, Pentadaktylos, Yialousa. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Photos Episkopi 18/4/2015  by George Konstantinou