Drimia altissima(L.f.) Ker Gawl. [family HYACINTHACEAE ]
Related name
Drimia altissima
Flora
Entry for DRIMIA altissima Hook. [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
DRIMIA altissimaHook. [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Bot. Mag. t. 5522, non Gawl.;—Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 421.
Information
bulb ovoid, 3–4 in. diam.; leaves 8–10, contemporary with the flowers, lorate-lanceolate, rather fleshy, slightly glaucous, 1 1/2–2 ft. long, 1 1/2–2 in. broad; peduncle very robust, 3–4 ft. long; raceme cylindrical, dense upwards, lax downwards, finally a foot or more long; lower pedicels patent, 3/4–1 in. long; bracts lanceolate, very acuminate, as long as the pedicels, protruding far beyond the upper buds; perianth dull reddish-white; tube 1/6 in. long; stamens rather de-clinate, much shorter than the perianth-segments; style finally 1/2 in. long. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Natal; Inanda, Wood, 199!
Notes
Originally described and figured from a plant sent to Kew by Mr. Sanderson.
