Eriospermum bakerianum
bakerianum
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Photo: Orty Bourquin
Modisa Wildlife Project,Grassland Game Farm, Ghanzi district.
Photo: Orty Bourquin
Modisa Wildlife Project,Grassland Game Farm, Ghanzi district.
Photo: Orty Bourquin
Modisa Wildlife Project,Grassland Game Farm, Ghanzi district.
Photo: Orty Bourquin
Modisa Wildlife Project,Grassland Game Farm, Ghanzi district.
Photo: Orty Bourquin
Modisa Wildlife Project,Grassland Game Farm, Ghanzi district.
Photo: Orty Bourquin
Modisa Wildlife Project,Grassland Game Farm, Ghanzi district.
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| Synonyms: |
Eriospermum bechuanicum Baker Eriospermum lineare Poelln. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb up to 25 cm high growing from a small globose or elongated tuber with 1-several growing points per tuber. Leaves 1-4 per growing point, narrowly lanceolate to elliptic, up to 12 cm long, sheathing at the base, appearing together with the inflorescence.Inflorescence laxly up to 16-flowered. Pedicels up to 7 cm long, hairless, green. Flowers bell-shaped to recurved, white with a dark reddish-brown mid-vein on the tepals. Capsule up to 7 mm long. |
| Type location: |
Namibia |
| Notes: | |
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| Habitat: | In sandy loam soils in open and overgrazed areas. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Namibia, Botswana and northern South Africa. |
| FZ divisions: | N,SW,SE |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 21 March 2016 |
| Literature: |
Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 247. (Includes a picture). Perry, P.L. (2010). Eriospermaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(2) Pages 6 - 8. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 122. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Eriospermum bakerianumAfrican Plant Database: Eriospermum bakerianum
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