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Hypoxis goetzei
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Grassland; cultivated Lilayi
Flowers usually emerge before the leaves and open on sunny days and remain closed on overcast days
Nov 2009
Photo: Nick Wightman
Grassland; cultivated Lilayi
An individual plant can produce numerous inflorescences even after the emergence of the leaves
Nov 2011
Photo: Nick Wightman
Grassland; cultivated Lilayi
The rhizomes produce thick contractile roots but are not usually buried very deep below the soil surface
May 2015
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Hypoxis esculenta De Wild. Hypoxis rubiginosa Nel Hypoxis turbinata Nel |
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| 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. |
| Type location: |
Tanzania |
| 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: | |
| National 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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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hypoxis goetzeiAfrican Plant Database: Hypoxis goetzei
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Hypoxis goetzei
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Hypoxis goetzei
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iNaturalist: Hypoxis goetzei
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hypoxis goetzei
JSTOR Plant Science: Hypoxis goetzei
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hypoxis goetzei
Plants of the World Online: Hypoxis goetzei
Tropicos: Hypoxis goetzei
Wikipedia: Hypoxis goetzei
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