Barberetta aureaHarv. [family HAEMODORACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
Barberetta kaffneria
Barberetta aurea
Wachendorfia unrecorded
Flora
Entry for BARBERETTA aurea Harv. [family HAEMODORACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 1, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
BARBERETTA aureaHarv. [family HAEMODORACEAE], Gen. S. Afr. Pl. edit. 2, 377
Information
rootstock tuberous; leaves about 3, superposed, sessile, lanceolate, glabrous, membranous, 1/2–1 ft. long, 1/2–1 in. broad at the middle, narrowed very gradually to both ends, furnished with five very distinct vertical ribs, with several finer ones between each pair; stem weak, 1/2–1 ft. long, slightly hairy upwards; raceme dense, simple, 2–3 in. long; pedicels ascending, lower 1/2– 3/4 in. long; bract lanceolate, persistent, wrapped round the pedicel; perianth bright orange, glabrous, 1/6 in. long; stains paper red. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Kaffraria; Isomo Valley, Bowker and Mrs. Barber, 880! Natal; York Bush, in damp shady places, McKen!