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Scilla pusilla

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Identification
Isotype of Scilla pusilla Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Isotype of Ledebouria undulata (Jacq.) Jessop [family HYACINTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Drimia ludwigii Miq. [family HYACINTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Scilla pusilla
  • Drimia ludwigii
  • Ledebouria cooperi
  • Ledebouria undulata

Flora

Entry for SCILLA pusilla 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 pusilla Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1876, 183
Information
bulb ovoid or oblong, about 1 in. diam., 1 in. long; tunics many, brown, firm in texture; leaves 5–6, sessile, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 1 1/2–2 in. long; peduncle as long as the leaves; raceme dense, oblong, 1–1 1/2 in. long, 1/2 in. diam.; central pedicels 1/12– 1/8 in. long, lower cernuous; perianth campanulate, 1/8 in. long, mauve-purple; stamens as long as the perianth; filaments bright purple; ovary sessile, globose. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Tembuland; hill sides, Bazeia, 2000 ft., Baur, 293!

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