Entry for LACHENALIA polyphylla 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
LACHENALIA polyphyllaBaker [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xv. Heft 3, 7
Information
bulb small, ovoid; leaves 6–8, slender, subterete, erect, smooth, shorter than the peduncle; peduncle slender, unspotted, 4–8 in. long; flowers 8–15 in a moderately dense raceme 1/2–1 in. long, 5/8– 3/4 in. diam., lower cernuous; pedicels erecto-patent, 1/8– 1/6 in. long; bracts minute; perianth campanulate, 1/6 in. long and broad, white, tinged with red; inner segments slightly longer than the outer; stamens distinctly exserted. null
