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Ferraria ferrariola

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Name

Identification
Ferraria ferrariola (Jacq.) Willd. [family IRIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Ferraria ferrariola

Flora

Entry for FERRARIA antherosa Ker [family IRIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 7, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
FERRARIA antherosa Ker [family IRIDACEAE], in Bot. Mag. t. 751;—Linn. Soc. xvi. 106; Handb. Irid. 72.
FERRARIA viridiflora Andr. [family IRIDACEAE], Bot. Rep. t. 285.
FERRARIA Ferrariola Willd. [family IRIDACEAE], Sp. Plant. iii. 581; Dryand in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iv. 136; Ker, Gen. Irid 28.
FERRARIA minor Pers. [family IRIDACEAE], Syn. i. 50.
Moræa Ferrariola Jacq. [family ], Collect. iv. 141; Hort. Schoenbr. t. 450.
FERRARIA viridis Hort. [family IRIDACEAE]
Information
stem stout, erect, 1/2 ft. long, with two linear produced leaves of firm texture from its base, glabrous, strongly ribbed, glaucous, 1/4 in. broad; ovate-amplexicaul, upper bract-like leaves, firm in texture, acute, strongly ribbed, 2 in. long; spathes inflated, 2–3 1/2 in. long; valves closely ribbed, pale green, firm in texture, flowers smaller than in F. undulata, dull, greenish-purple, 1–1 1/4 in. diam. when expanded, the claw of the segments about as long as the blade; anthers sagittate, with divaricating cells; capsule narrowed into a distinct beak. Baker in Journ. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Clanwilliam Div., Zeyher! Malmesbury Div.; Groenekloof, Ecklon, 305!
Notes
F. angustifolia, Sweet, Hort. Brit. 499, is said to have a flower like F. antherosa, and linear-subulate leaves.

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