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Wurmbea tenuis
goetzei
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Photo: Penny English
Below old stables, Chelinda area, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Penny English
Below old stables, Chelinda area, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Penny English
Below old stables, Chelinda area, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Penny English
Below old stables, Chelinda area, Nyika National Park.
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| Synonyms: |
Wurmbea goetzei Engl. Wurmbea homblei De Wild. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb, up to 20 cm high, growing from an obconic, ovoid or subglobose corm, 12-18 mm long.Basal leas one, more or less erect, narrowly linear, 8-16 mm long. Leaves along the stem 1-2, sheathing at the base, 2-5 cm long, normally shorter than the inflorescence. Inflorescence up to 4 cm long, 1-7 flowered. Flowers 10-14 mm wide, white to pale mauve with darker blue-purple or greenish spots on the spreading tepals, sometimes pale yellow and green in the centre. Styles 3. Capsule erect, ovoid, 8-`5 mm long, crowned by the persistent styles. |
| Notes: | |
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| Habitat: | In montane grassland or wooded grassland with scattered Uapaca, both in wet grassy patches or dry sandy soils. |
| Altitude range: | 1200 - 2300 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Wednesday 16 December 2020 |
| Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 204 - 205. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 294. (Includes a picture). La Croix, I. (2009). Colchicaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(2) Pages 180 - 181. (Includes a picture). Moriarty, A. (1975). Wild Flowers of Malawi Purnell & sons Cape Town. Pages 31 - 32. as Wurmbea tenuis (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 107. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Wurmbea tenuisAfrican Plant Database: Wurmbea tenuis
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