- There are also medicinal uses of the flower, such as mashing the seeds to draw out splinters and thorns or treating colic by mixing it with milk.
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Subfamily: Crocoideae
Tribe: Gladioleae
Genus: Gladiolus