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Hypoxis biflora De Wild. Hypoxis dregei (Baker) Nel var. biflora (De Wild.) Nel Hypoxis dregei (Baker) Nel Hypoxis malosana Baker Hypoxis muenznerii Nel Hypoxis sericea Baker var. dregei Baker |
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Slender perennial herb up to 40 cm tall, growing from a more or less cylindrical vertical rhizome, 1.5-3 cm long, ringed in the middle by stout roots. Leaves 3-10, grass-like, 5-45 cm long, linear, strongly ribbed with submarginal veins, finely hairy. Flowering stems 1-3, up to 24 cm long, filiform, more or less flattened or becoming slightly U-shaped, appressed hairy. Flowers 1-5, often appearing before the leaves, 8-14 mm in diameter, appressed hairy. Capsule 2-3 mm long, excluding the persistent perianth, 8 or 12 seeded. Seeds black and glossy. |
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Derivation of specific name: | filiformis: filiform, thread-like, referring to the flowering scape. |
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Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, Lesotho and Mpumalanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, South Africa. |
Growth form(s): | Perennial. |
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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. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 33. Hypoxis argentea argentea probably also refers to this Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 127. probably also in error as H. argentea Linley, K. & Baker, B. (1972). Flowers of the Veld Bundu Series Longman Zimbabwe Page 21. 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. Moriarty, A. (1975). Wild Flowers of Malawi Purnell & sons Cape Town. Pages 7 - 8. As Hypoxis dregei (Includes a picture). Nordal, I. & Zimudzi, C. (2001). Hypoxidaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(3) Pages 9 - 11. (Includes a picture). Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 26. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 109. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 83. |
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