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Drimia calcarata
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Saddle between upper Vanduzi and Nhandar valleys, Mt Gorongosa
Photo: Bart Wursten
Saddle between upper Vanduzi and Nhandar valleys, Mt Gorongosa
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| Status: | Native |
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Slender perennial herb 20-30 cm tall, growing from a bulb. Leaves long and linear, usually absent at flowering time. Flowers in a terminal raceme, whitish with a purple midline on the outside of the tepals. |
| Notes: | Often appearing and flowering after fires. |
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| Habitat: | In moist montane grassland or crevices in rocks. |
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| Malawi distribution: | S |
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| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 57. 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. as Urginea modesta and U. nyasae Stedje, B. (1996). Hyacinthaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 16 - 17. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Pages 108 - 109. As Urginea nyaae Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 71. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 81. as Urginea nyasae |
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