Taxonomy: Fam. Iridaceae// Genus: Gladiolus// Species: Gladiolus illyricus W. D. J. Koch.
Determined according to the botanical keys provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980).
Lifeform: Perrenial; Geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from South Europe to Turkey according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). Also native to Great Britain and Northwest Africa according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010).
Habitat: Sparse woods and shrubland in the zone of mixed oak forests.
Flowering period: Early summer: JUN.
Gladiolus illyricus – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gladiolus illyricus – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gladiolus illyricus – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gladiolus illyricus – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gladiolus illyricus – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gladiolus illyricus – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gladiolus illyricus – flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gladiolus illyricus – flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gladiolus illyricus – flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gladiolus illyricus – flower. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gladiolus illyricus – flower. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gladiolus illyricus – flower. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gladiolus illyricus – flower. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gladiolus illyricus – leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gladiolus illyricus – lflower stalk and leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gladiolus illyricus – leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Osogovo nature 