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Scilla saturata

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Identification
Scilla saturata Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for SCILLA saturata 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 saturata Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1874, 365
Information
bulb ovoid, 1/2– 3/4 in. diam.; leaves 3–4, lanceolate, acuminate, 4–8 in. long, 1/4– 1/3 in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to a clasping petiole 1–2 in. long; peduncle slender, 3–6 in. long; raceme dense, oblong, 1–1 1/2 in. long, 3/4–1 in. diam.; central pedicels 1/6– 1/3 in. long, lower flowers cernuous; perianth campanulate, bright mauve-purple inside and out, 1/8– 1/6 in. long; stamens nearly as long as the perianth; filaments linear, bright purple; ovary globose, stipitate. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Pondoland, Bachmann, 291! Natal; Inanda, Wood, 1056! Umzinyati Valley, in a swamp, Wood, 1356! Swaziland; Havelock Concession, 5000 ft., Saltmarshe in Herb. Galpin, 1053!KALAHARI REGION Orange Free State, Cooper, 993! Transvaal; MacMac, Mudd!

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