Drimia calcarata
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Saddle between upper Vanduzi and Nhandar valleys, Mt Gorongosa
Photo: Bart Wursten
Saddle between upper Vanduzi and Nhandar valleys, Mt Gorongosa
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| Status: | Native |
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Slender perennial herb 20-30 cm tall, growing from a bulb. Leaves long and linear, usually absent at flowering time. Flowers in a terminal raceme, whitish with a purple midline on the outside of the tepals. |
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| Notes: | Often appearing and flowering after fires. |
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| Habitat: | In moist montane grassland or crevices in rocks. |
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| FZ divisions: | MS (other?) |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 1 February 2009 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 57. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 91. as Urginea modesta and U. nyasae Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 58. Stedje, B. (1996). Hyacinthaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 16 - 17. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Pages 108 - 109. As Urginea nyaae Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 71. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 81. as Urginea nyasae |
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