Gladiolus imbricatus

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Gladiolus imbricatus L., known as the Turkish Marsh Gladiolus, is native to southeastern Europe and Turkey. It grows in wet meadows and marshes and flowers from May to July. Growing 30 to 80 cm, it has a dense spike of 4 to 12 pale carmine to deep purple flowers. The lower lobes have white lanceolate marks outlined in purple. Its lowest leaf is round or blunt, not sharp which is another distinguishing characteristic. Photos from iNaturalist were taken by Jonas Barzdenas in June in Lithuania and Cristina Florentina Alistar in Romania in July and shared under a CC BY-NC license. The last two photos were taken by Ramunė Vakarė in Lithuania in July and shared under a CC BY-SA license.