Gladiolus antholyzoides

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Gladiolus antholyzoides Baker, Early Afrikaner, is distributed across the central and eastern high veld of South Africa. Flowers are yellow, sometimes streaked with red or orange and with an orange ring around the throat. Height range: 60-90 cm. This species is similar to Gladiolus dalenii, but that species has a dorsal tepal that is strongly arched and conceals the anthers. This species was once included in Antholyza as Antholyza schlechteri Baker, presumably because of its long perianth tube. It has also had other Gladiolus species names. Photos from iNaturalist were taken by tjeerd near Pretoria in November and otomys in December in Mpumalanga and shared under a CC BY-NC license.