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Drimiopsis minor Baker |
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Description: | Perennial herb up to 35 cm high, growing from a globose bulb up to 45 mm wide. Leaves 2-4, triangular, with a distinct pseudopetiole, sheathing at the base, bright shiny green above with darker blotches; paler beneath. Inflorescences single, spike-like on a peduncle taller than the leaves. Upper pedicels up to 2 mm long. Tepals c. 4 mm long, inner tepals narrower than outer. |
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Derivation of specific name: | maculata: spotted. |
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Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Mozambique, Eswatini and KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, South Africa. |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Pages 62 - 63. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 126. Kativu, S. (2000). Notes on the genus Drimiopsis Lindl. (Hyacinthaceae) of the Flora Zambesiaca Area. Kirkia 17(2) Page 151. Stedje, B. (1996). Hyacinthaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 7. |
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