Endemic to Cape Provinces (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
South Africa, Eastern Cape, Sarah Baartman
-33.483333, 27.011389
Location Remarks
Trappes Valley, near Bathhurst.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Iridaceae
Genus
Gladiolus
Specific Epithet
mortonius
Authorship
Herb.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.2
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#311,605 of 335,497
Top 93%
Extinction probability
16%