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Synonyms: |
Acrospira asphodeloides Baker Albuca stolzii K. Krause Anthericum foliatum Poelln. Anthericum stolzii Engl. & K. Krause Anthericum welwitschii Marais & Reilly |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Robust perennial, 85-230 cm tall, growing from a corm-like rhizome; roots many, with elongated tubers at the tips. Leaves sub-distichous, 5-8, broadly linear, up to 80 cm long,hairless, sheathing at the base. Peduncle terete, upto 2 m tall, with sheathing bracts along the length. Inflorescence up to 70 cm long, unbranched or with 1-2 branches at the base, fairly laxly flowered. Flowers 2-5 at the lower nodes, 1-2 at upper nodes, on pedicels up to 7 mm long in fruit. Perianth white with tepals 3-veined on the keel. Stamens as long as the perianth; filaments dilated in the middle, shorter than anthers. Capsule obovoid, shallowly ridged, 9 mm long. |
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Derivation of specific name: | stolzii: after Adolf Ferdinand Stolz (1871-1917), German missionary, merchant and plant collector in Angola and Malawi, particularly of orchids. |
Habitat: | In open woodland, grassland, wet places and on stream banks, sometimes persistent in old cultivated fields, usually on heavy soils. |
Altitude range: | Up to 1400 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. |
Malawi distribution: | N,C,S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Saturday 15 September 2018 |
Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 194 - 195. (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 289. Kativu, S., Hoell, G., Bjorå, C. S. & Nordal, I. (2008). Anthericaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1) Pages 58 - 59. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 105. |
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