Quick Characteristics:
| Flower Colors: | white |
| Climate: | summer rain climate |
Gladiolus wilsonii (Baker) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning grows in the Eastern Cape which is a summer rainfall area, but it flowers in spring with the leaves (October to November) after scant autumn and winter rainfall. It grows in open grassland in light loamy sand. It has short tubed white to cream fragrant flowers. Sometimes the reverse of the upper tepals is flushed pink to purple toward the tips and sometimes the lower three tepals have a short pale mauve streak near the base. Height range: 20-40 cm. The first two photos by Cameron McMaster. The last three photos were taken January 2010 near Maclear in the Eastern Cape by Bob Rutemoeller and Mary Sue Ittner. Originally identified as Gladiolus inandensis which is very similar, it has now been identified as this species since the other species flowers July into August and flowers with the dry leaves from the previous season.
