Urginea altissima (L.f.) Baker

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Victoria Falls NP.

Photo: Bart Wursten
Wafa-wafa Hills, near Kariba

Synonyms:	Drimia altissima (L.f.) Ker Gawl.
Common names:	Tall white squill (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Tall perennial herb, up to 1 m tall, growing from a large bulb, often half above ground with tough, overlapping fleshy scales. Leaves tough, erect, up to 30 × 3 cm, absent at flowering time. Flowers in a dense terminal raceme, up to 60 cm long, white with a green midline on the outside of the tepals. Flowers opening in the morning, usually closing by midday.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	altissima: very tall
Habitat:	In open woodland and scrub, often in large colonies.
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:	Sep - Dec
Worldwide distribution:
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,C,E,S
Growth form:
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects (whose larvae eat this species):
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Sunday 1 February 2009
Literature:	Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 65. (Includes a picture).

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