Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa
Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa
Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa
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Drimia sp.
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Common name:
drimia
Family:
Asparagaceae (Asparagus)
Distribution:
Africa
IUCN Red list:
Not evaluated
Life form:
Geophyte (bulb, corm or tuber - seasonally dormant)
Comments:
The bulbs may be underground or occur on or near the surface. Each bulb has one to several leaves that are often dry by the time the flowers open. The inflorescence is in the form of a raceme, with one to many flowers. At least the lower inflorescence bracts have spurs (a characteristic of the tribe Urgineeae). The individual flowers generally last for only one to two days and have white to yellowish green or brown tepals that are either free or joined into a basal tube. The tepals often have a darker central keel. After fertilization, an ovoid capsule forms with several seeds in each locule. The seeds are black and winged.
Links:
iNaturalist.org
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Pacific Bulb Society
Locations
1:
Arid House 1
• Accession: 2020-482 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
2:
Bulb collection
(BULB)
• Accession: 1999-1210 • Provenance: Wild
3:
Bulb collection
(BULB)
• Accession: 2018-182 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
4:
Bulb collection
(BULB)
• Accession: 2018-461 • Provenance: Unrecorded
5:
Bulb collection
(BULB)
• Accession: 2018-461/2 • Provenance: Unrecorded
6:
Bulb collection
(BULB)
• Accession: 2018-468/1 • Provenance: Unrecorded
7:
Bulb collection
(BULB)
• Accession: 2019-477 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
8:
Bulb collection
(BULB)
• Accession: 2020-411/1 • Provenance: Unrecorded
9:
Seed Store Fridge 4
(SS fridge4)
• Accession: 2022-288/1 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
10:
Seed Store
• Accession: 2020-362 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
11:
Upper garden, rockeries
(Ur)
• Accession: 2022-392/1 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
Area
Individual