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Lachenalia unicolor

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Identification
Lachenalia unicolor Jacq. [family HYACINTHACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for LACHENALIA unicolor Jacq. [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 unicolor Jacq. [family HYACINTHACEAE], Collect. Suppl. 61; Ic. ii. 16, t. 389;—Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 1373; Tratt. Archiv. t. 138; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 607; Kunth, Enum. iv. 288.
LACHENALIA versicolor Baker var. unicolor [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 409.
Scillopsis unicolor Lemaire [family ], in Ill. Hort. iii. Misc. 34.
Information
bulb 1/2–1 in. diam.; leaves 2, lorate, smooth or pustulate on the upper part of the face, 4–6 in. long, 1/2–1 in. broad; peduncle robust, stiffly erect, 3–6 in. long; raceme dense, 2–5 in. long, 3/4–1 in. broad; lower flowers horizontal or cernuous; pedicels 1/4– 1/6 in. long; bracts deltoid, minute; perianth campanulate, bright red, 1/4 in. long; inner segments slightly longer than the outer; stamens much exserted. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Clanwilliam Div.; near the Oliphants River, Ecklon and Zeyher, 43! 44! Zeyher! Malmesbury Div.; Groene Kloof, Ecklon and Zeyher, 54! Bolus, 4352! Bachmann, 1234! Tulbagh Div.; Winterhoek, Pappe! Steendaal, Pappe! Mossel Bay Div.; Between Zout River and Duyker River. Burchell, 6346! George Div.; Montagu Pass, 1200 ft., Young in Herb. Bolus, 5545!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, MacOwan, 2283!WESTERN REGION Little Namaqualand; near Ookiep, Morris in Herb. Bolus, 5804! near Modder Fontein, 3000 ft., Bolus, 6591!

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