Gladiolus Tristis - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Onion a sword) is a genus

a sword) is a genus of perennial bulbous flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae)

such as in the form of herbal tea

Hirsutus grows to 60cm and flowers in spring

It has a much-branched stem up to 40 centimetres high

Pods are oval

Gladiolus Tristis - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Onion a sword) is a genusGladiolus (from Latin, the diminutive of gladius, a sword) is a genus of perennial bulbous flowering plants in the iris family. Sometimes called the sword lily, the most widely used English common name for these plants is simply gladiolus (plural gladioli, gladioluses or sometimes gladiolas). The genus is distributed in Mediterranean Europe, Asia, Tropical Africa and South Africa. The centre of diversity of the genus is located in the Cape Floristic