Ledebouria sandersonii (Baker) S. Venter

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Ledebouria sandersonii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Silver Mist cottage, near Troutbeck

Ledebouria sandersonii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Silver Mist cottage, near Troutbeck

Ledebouria sandersonii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Silver Mist cottage, near Troutbeck

Ledebouria sandersonii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Chinaka, Juliasdale

Ledebouria sandersonii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Chinaka, Juliasdale

Ledebouria sandersonii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Susurumba, Juliasdale

Ledebouria sandersonii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Susurumba, Juliasdale

Ledebouria sandersonii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Susurumba, Juliasdale

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Small plants. Leaves mostly 1-3, ovate, blue-green to olive-green above sometimes spotted with purple, often purplish beneath, more or less densely set with tubercle-based ciliate hairs on the upper surface. Inflorescences 1-several, many-flowered; peduncles mostly less than 15 cm long, often densely spotted with purple brown markings. Flowers very brightly coloured violet-pink.
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Worldwide distribution: Eastern Zimbabwe and ?South Africa.
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Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 36.

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.

Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 344 - 345. (Includes a picture).

Venter, S. & Edwards, T.J. (2003). A revision of Ledebouria (Hyacinthaceae) in South Africa. 3. The re-instatement of L. ensifolia, L. galpinii and L. sandersonii Bothalia 33(1) Pages 50 - 51.

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Flora of Zimbabwe: Ledebouria sandersonii

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Ledebouria sandersonii
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ledebouria sandersonii
Plants of the World Online: Ledebouria sandersonii
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Wikipedia: Ledebouria sandersonii


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Ledebouria sandersonii.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=114520, retrieved 29 March 2024

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