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Scilla polyantha

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Name

Identification
Ledebouria floribunda (Baker) Jessop [family HYACINTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Unknown, Scilla polyantha Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE ] Verified by Unknown,
Related name
  • Ledebouria floribunda
  • Ledebouria revoluta
  • Scilla polyantha

Flora

Entry for SCILLA polyantha 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 polyantha Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Gard. Chron. 1878, ix. 104
Information
bulb globose, 1 1/2–2 in. diam.; leaves 4, lorate-oblong, suberect, 12–15 in. long, 2–2 1/2 in. broad at the middle, with dark green blotches on the face on a pale green ground, spotted with purple on the back towards the base; peduncle slender, 6–9 in. long, spotted with purple; raceme dense, oblong, 4–5 in. long, 1 1/2–2 in. diam.; central pedicels 1/2 in. long, lower cernuous; perianth campanulate, 1/6 in. long, green outside, mauve-purple inside; filaments dark purple; ovary globose, stipitate. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Griqualand East; mountain-sides around Clydesdale, 2500 ft., Tyson, 2159! Natal; York, cultivated specimen, Hort. Bull!KALAHARI REGION Var. β, Transvaal; Saddleback Range, near Barberton, 4000–5000 ft., Galpin, 1096!

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