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DRIMIA altissima (L.f.) Ker-Gawl. [family HYACINTHACEAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
DRIMIA altissima (L.f.) Ker-Gawl. [family HYACINTHACEAE], (1808);
Ornithogalum altissimum L. f. [family HYACINTHACEAE], (1782);. [type as above]
Urginea altissima (L. f.) Bak. [family HYACINTHACEAE], (1873). Fig. 34. [type as above]
Drimia paolii Chiov. [family HYACINTHACEAE], (1916);. type: S1, “El Ualac”, Paoli 1096 (FT holo.).
Information
Plant 35–200 cm, usually robust. Leaves lanceolate, 20–50 x 2–7.5 cm. Inflorescence a dense raceme up to 80 cm long with up to 700 flowers; bracts up to 14 mm long with spur up to 3 mm long; pedicels 8–30 mm long, spreading. Tepals free or united for up to 2 mm, 5–12 mm long, whitish with dark midnerve outside, spreading. Filaments linear to very narrowly triangular, free or basally united to tepals. Ovary ovoid, 2–5 mm long; style about as long as ovary. Capsule subglobose, 8–15 mm long. Seeds 5–8 mm long.
Range
N2, 3; C2; S1 widespread in tropical and southern Africa.
Altitude range
200–1800 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Boaler 51; Kuchar 16962; Sammicheli s.n.
Distribution (external)
Djibouti
Notes
Baar (Som.).
DRIMIA altissima (L.f.) Ker-Gawl. [family HYACINTHACEAE]
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