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Dilatris umbellata

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Identification
Dilatris corymbosa P.J.Bergius [family HAEMODORACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Dilatris corymbosa P.J.Bergius [family HAEMODORACEAE ] Verified by Linné, Carl von, filius, Dilatris umbellata (Burm.f.) L.f. [family HAEMODORACEAE ] Verified by Smith, Sir James Edward,
Related name
  • Wachendorfia umbellata
  • Dilatris corymbosa
  • Ixia hirsuta
  • Dilatris umbellata

Flora

Entry for DILATRIS corymbosa Berg. [family HAEMODORACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 1, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
DILATRIS corymbosa Berg. [family HAEMODORACEAE], Cap. 9 t. 3, fig. 5;—Thunb. Prodr. 10; Smith, Exot. Bot. i. 29 t. 16.
DILATRIS umbellata Linn. fil. [family HAEMODORACEAE], Suppl. 101; Roem. et Schultes Syst. Veg. i. 483.
DILATRIS ixioides Lam. [family HAEMODORACEAE], Ill. Gen. 127.
Ixia hirsuta Linn. [family IRIDACEAE], Mant. 27.
Information
basal leaves numerous, linear, rigid, subglabrous, 6–15 in. long, 1/8– 1/6 in. broad, acuminate; ribs immersed; peduncle 1–1 1/2 ft. long, densely hairy upwards, with a few small erect linear leaves; flowers very numerous, arranged in a very dense panicle 2–3 in. diam.; main branches umbellate; ovary globose, clothed like the branches with short, dense, soft, spreading, whitish hairs; perianth-segments oblong, much imbricated, purplish, 1/4– 1/3 in. long; stamens shorter than the perianth-segments; capsule globose, very hairy, the size of a small pea, crowned by the accrescent scariose segments; seed orbicular, hairy, discoid. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Camps Bay, Pappe! Burchell, 323! Simons Bay, MacGillivray, 472! Milne, 176! Cape Div. and Dutoit's Kloof, Drège! Baviaan's Kloof, near Genadendal, Burchell, 7865! Worcester Div., Cooper, 1658!

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