Gladiolus crassifolius anthers

A Gladiolus crassifolius flower bears three stamens based upon thread-like filaments. The slightly exserted, oblong anthers are up to 8 mm long, producing pale pollen.

Some flowers have orange red tepals in various shades. The tepal tips hardly spread from the funnel-shape corolla cups. Rounded in picture, these tepal tips show tiny mucros ending the slightly folded midribs (Manning, 2009; Goldblatt and Manning, 1998).