Scilla edulisEngl. [family HYACINTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Unknown, Scilla minimaBaker [family HYACINTHACEAE ] Verified by Unknown,
Related name
Scilla minima
Scilla edulis
Ledebouria cooperi
Flora
Entry for SCILLA minima 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 minimaBaker [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Saund. Ref. Bot. iii. App. 6;—Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 246.
Information
bulb ovoid, 1/4– 1/3 in. diam.; leaves 2–3, linear, suberect, 1–1 1/2 in. long; peduncle very slender, rather longer than the leaves; raceme moderately dense, oblong, 1/2–1 in. long, 1/2 in. diam.; pedicels 1/8– 1/6 in. long, lower cernuous; perianth campanulate, 1/12 in. long, green, more or less tinged with purple; stamens as long as the perianth; filaments green, linear; ovary globose, stipitate. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Aliwal North; rocky heights near Kraai River, 4500 ft., Drège, 3510!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal: Magalies Berg, Burke!