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Tritonia teretifolia

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Identification
Isotype of Gladiolus inandensis Baker [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Tritonia teretifolia Baker [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
  • Gladiolus permeabilis
  • Gladiolus inandensis
  • Tritonia teretifolia

Flora

Entry for TRITONIA teretifolia Baker [family IRIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 7, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
TRITONIA teretifolia Baker [family IRIDACEAE], Handb. Irid. 194
Information
corm globose, 1 in. diam.; tunics of fine, pale brown parallel strands of matted fibres; stem simple, terete, 1 ft. long, with about 3 reduced sheathing leaves; leaves rigid, subterete, a foot or more long; spike distichous, very lax, simple, 6–8-flowered, 4–5 in. long; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, entirely green, 1/3– 1/2 in. long; perianth pale pink, 1/2– 5/8 in. long; segments equal, oblong, as long as the narrowly funnel-shaped tube; stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the perianth-segments; anthers large, lanceolate. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Natal; at the foot of Table Mountain, Krauss, 430!

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