Albuca tortuosaBaker [family HYACINTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Albuca fastigiata
Albuca tortuosa
Flora
Entry for ALBUCA tortuosa Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 253, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
ALBUCA tortuosaBaker [family HYACINTHACEAE]
Information
bulb globose, proliferous, 1 1/2–2 in. diam.; leaves 8–11, linear, glabrous, flaccid, conspicuously spirally twisted, a foot or more long, 1/2 in. broad low down; peduncle moderately stout, about a foot long; raceme moderately dense, 1/2 ft. long; pedicels ascending, permanently erect, lower 1–1 1/2 in. long; bracts ovate-lanceolate, nearly as long as the pedicels; perianth 3/4– 7/8 in. long, yellow, broadly striped with green; stamens all fertile; style prismatic, as long as the ovary. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Jansenville Div.; dry hills by the Sunday River, near Noorsdoorn Plaats, 1500 ft., Bolus, 2629!
