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Status: | Native |
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Robust perennial; 80-165 cm high, growing from a horizontal rhizome; roots wiry with tubers at tips; leaves in 2 rows, 3-10 per plant, narrowly lanceolate, 18-100 x 0.5-6 cm; peduncle with a few bract like leaves below the inflorescence, flat and winged; inflorescence usually unbranched, subglobose, dense; pedicels 1-3 per node; perianth white, tepals 9-11 mm, 5-9 veined; capsules obovoid to shallowly deltoid, 6-8 mm long; seeds irregular folded, 1-2 mm across. |
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Altitude range: | 1200 - 1400 m |
Flowering time: | Nov - Mar |
Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Tanzania, DRC, Malawi, Zambia |
Malawi distribution: | N |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Kativu, S., Hoell, G., Bjorå, C. S. & Nordal, I. (2008). Anthericaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1) Pages 42 - 44. |
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