Field Gladiolus
Gladiolus italicus Mill.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 99 cm
- wide
- —
Iridaceae
Also called Cornflag, Common Sword Lily, Cornfield Gladiolus, Italian gladiolus, Italian Gladiolus
Formerly Ballosporum segetum, Gladiolus arvaticus, Gladiolus commutatus, Gladiolus cyclocarpus, and 13 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Tuberous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Macaronesia, Medit. to C. AsiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 99 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- Pink, magentaRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Hebrew
- סייפן התבואה
- French
- Glaïeul des moissons, Glaïeul d'Italie
- Italian
- Gladiolo dei campi
- Arabic
- دلبوث إيطالي, كلاديول إيطالي
- Finnish
- italianmiekkalilja
- Czech
- mečík polní
- Russian
- Шпажник итальянский
- Portuguese
- Calças-de-cuco
- Swedish
- tidig sabellilja
- German
- Feldsiegwurz, Ackergladiole
- Croatian
- Talijanski mačić
- Catalan
- Glavi, Lliri dels blats
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Gladiolus italicus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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