Gladiolus × byzantinus

Gladiolus × byzantinus
	Close-up of flower
	A clump
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Iridaceae
Genus:	Gladiolus
Species:	G. × byzantinus
Binomial name
	Gladiolus × byzantinus; Mill.
Synonyms
	List Gladiolus communis subsp. byzantinus (Mill.) Douin; Gladiolus communis var. byzantinus (Mill.) Martyn; Gladiolus × bornetii Ardoino; Gladiolus × gawleri Jord.; Gladiolus × littoralis Jord.; Gladiolus × porrigens Jord.; Gladiolus segetum subsp. bornetii (Ardoino) Bonnier & Layens; Gladiolus segetum proles bornetii (Ardoino) Rouy; Gladiolus segetum var. bornetii (Ardoino) P.Fourn.; ;

Gladiolus × byzantinus (syn. Gladiolus communis subsp. byzantinus), the eastern gladiolus, Byzantine gladiolus, or Byzantine sword-lily, is a naturally occurring hybrid species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae.^[2]^[3] Its parents are Gladiolus dubius and Gladiolus italicus.^[1]^[4] In spite of its scientific and common names, it is native to the western Mediterranean region, and it has been introduced to the British Isles, and to Tasmania.^[1] A perennial arising from a corm and reaching 90 cm (35 in), it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit under its synonym Gladiolus communis subsp. byzantinus.^[2]