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| Synonyms: |
Dipcadi baumii Engl. & Gilg. Ornithogalum vaginatum (Baker) J.C. Manning & Goldblatt |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb,up to 35 cm high, growing from an ovoid bulb, c.2.5 cm wide. Leaf solitary, clasping the peduncle at base, linear, expanded above, up to 20 cm long and 3–7 mm wide, hairless. Pedicels up to 2 cm in fruit. Perianth green, 9–15 mm long excluding appendages; outer segments spreading with filiform appendages 8–20 mm long, inner ones lanceolate. Filaments fused to perianth tube; anthers 5 mm long. Capsule obovate, c.15 mm long. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Tanzania, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. |
| Botswana distribution: | N,SW |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Stedje, B. (1996). Hyacinthaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 2. van der Walt, R. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Limpopo Valley Retha van der Walt, Musina, South Africa Page 349. (Includes a picture). |
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