PANCRATIUM trianthum [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], sensu Cuf. Enum.: 1577 (1971), non Herb.
Information
Bulb globose, up to 4 cm in diam., narrowed into a neck. Leaves 35 x 0.3–1 cm, developing after anthesis, finely pubescent near the base. Peduncle 1–10 cm long, finely pubescent, bearing 1 flower enclosed in a pale membranous bifid involucrum. Perianth-tube 9–12 cm long, slender, pale green; segments 5–10 cm long, up to 1 cm wide, white with greenish median stripe. False corona 2–4 cm long, with 2 triangular lobes between each pair of stamens. Filaments 1–2 cm long; anthers 5–8 mm long. Capsule subglobose to cylindrical, up to 2.5 cm long. Seeds up to 30, glossy, black, subglobose to angular, c. 4 mm in diam., furnished with a white appendage.
Range
N1, 3; S2 widespread in tropical and southern Africa.
