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Ledebouria sandersonii
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Silver Mist cottage, near Troutbeck
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Silver Mist cottage, near Troutbeck
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Silver Mist cottage, near Troutbeck
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Mt Chinaka, Juliasdale
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Mt Chinaka, Juliasdale
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Mt Susurumba, Juliasdale
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Mt Susurumba, Juliasdale
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Mt Susurumba, Juliasdale
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Small plants. Leaves mostly 1-3, ovate, blue-green to olive-green above sometimes spotted with purple, often purplish beneath, more or less densely set with tubercle-based ciliate hairs on the upper surface. Inflorescences 1-several, many-flowered; peduncles mostly less than 15 cm long, often densely spotted with purple brown markings. Flowers very brightly coloured violet-pink. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Eastern Zimbabwe and ?South Africa. |
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| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 36. 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. Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 344 - 345. (Includes a picture). Venter, S. & Edwards, T.J. (2003). A revision of Ledebouria (Hyacinthaceae) in South Africa. 3. The re-instatement of L. ensifolia, L. galpinii and L. sandersonii Bothalia 33(1) Pages 50 - 51. |
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