Taxonomy: Fam. Iridaceae// Genus: Gladiolus// Species: Gladiolus illyricus W. D. J. Koch.
Determined according to the botanical key provided in Hamilton (1980 in Tutin et al.).
Lifeform: Perennial plant. 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.
Locality: ridge between Lake Gradche and the gorge of the Orizarska River. Date: 04.06.2022.
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.
Hamilton, A. P. 1980. Gladiolus L. Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 101–102.
