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Scilla leichtlinii

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Name

Identification
Scilla leichtlinii Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE ] Verified by Unknown, Ledebouria cooperi (Hook.f.) Jessop [family HYACINTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Unknown,
Related name
  • Scilla leichtlinii
  • Ledebouria cooperi

Flora

Entry for SCILLA Leichtlinii 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
SCILLA Leichtlinii Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE]
Information
bulb ovoid, 1 in. diam.; leaves 2–3, spreading, oblong, acute, 2–3 in. long, 1–1 1/4 in. broad at the middle, copiously marbled with black protuberant spots on a bright green groundwork; peduncle slender, under an inch long; raceme dense, globose, 5/8– 3/4 in. long and broad; central pedicels 1/6 in. long, lower cernuous; perianth campanulate, 1/8 in. long, bright mauve-purple both inside and out, down to the very base; stamens nearly as long as the perianth; filaments filiform, bright purple; ovary globose, stipitate. null
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA without locality, cultivated specimen!
Notes
Described from a living plant that flowered with Max Leichtlin, at Baden-Baden, in June, 1878.

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