Family: Asparagaceae
Lachenalia aloides
Citation:
Hort., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2:321 (1899).
Synonymy: Phormium aloides L.f., Suppl. 205 (1782); L. tricolor Jacq. F., Nova Acta Helvet. 1:39 (1780-4).
Common name: None
Description:
Leaves usually 2, lanceolate or lorate, reddishspotted above, to 20 cm long and 2 cm broad.
Scapes usually less than 20 cm high, with often 10-15 flowers; pedicels to 5 mm long; flowers mostly pendulous; outer perianth orange all over or yellow above with a green tip, more or less cylindrical, about half as long as the inner; inner segments yellow or orange below with a red tip, 2-3 cm long; anthers and stigma at the mouth.
Published illustration:
Rice & Compton (1950) Wild flowers of the Cape of Good Hope, pls 236 & 237.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: MU, SL, KI, SE.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: Sept. — Nov.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Uses:
Cultivated as an ornamental. Several natural varieties and forms evolved in cultivation have been described.
Author:
Not yet available
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