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Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms, Plot 67, Farm 401a Lilayi, Lusaka from material collected at the old ZAF airport, Lilayi, Lusaka.
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms, Plot 67, Farm 401a Lilayi, Lusaka from material collected at the old ZAF airport, Lilayi, Lusaka.
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms, Plot 67, Farm 401a Lilayi, Lusaka from material collected at the old ZAF airport, Lilayi, Lusaka.
Synonyms: |
Hypoxis esculenta De Wild. Hypoxis rubiginosa Nel Hypoxis turbinata Nel |
Common names: | |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Perennial herb; up to 30 cm. tall; rhizome hemispheric to subglobose; leaves 4-8, ternate, up to 40 × 2-8 cm., ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, hispid. Scapes 1-10, up to 30 cm. long, hispid; flowers 6-12, in cylindrical racemes 5-12 cm. long, tepals 12-21 × 4-8 mm, hispid outside, golden yellow. Capsule 5-9 × 3-5 mm, turbinate-obconic, circumscissile. |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | goetzei: after Walter Goetze (1872-1899), German naturalist, explorer, photographer and collector of botanical and zoological specimens in Tanzania. |
Habitat: | |
Altitude range: (metres) | |
Flowering time: | Nov - Dec |
Worldwide distribution: | |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N |
Growth form(s): | Perennial. |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 309. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 91. Nordal, I. & Zimudzi, C. (2001). Hypoxidaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(3) Pages 8 - 9. (Includes a picture). |
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