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Ledebouria cordifolia (Baker) Stedje & Thulin

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Synonyms:	Eriospermum somalense Schinz Scilla carunculifera Chiov. Scilla carunculifera var. glandulosa Chiov. Scilla cordifolia Baker Scilla glandulosa (Chiov.) Chiov. Scilla glandulosa f. major Chiov.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Bulbous herb 5-17 cm high; bulb ovoid with dark and papery outer scales, up to 4 cm high. Leaves 1–2, often with a pseudopetiole, cordate to broadly lanceolate, often adpressed to the ground, lamina no more than 3 times as long as wide, 2-11 × 1-10 mm, often with purple spots, papillae or rarely short stiff hairs; petiole up to 6 cm long. Inflorescence 2-10 cm long, relatively lax to dense with up to 60 flowers; peduncle 2.5-7 cm, erect or slightly curved; pedicels spreading, 3-9 mm long in flower. Tepals pink to purple, often with a darker central band, segments revolute, 3-4 mm long. Capsule subglobose, 3 × 3-5 mm wide. Seeds subglobose, brown to black.
Type location:	Malawi
Notes:	Information from African Plants Database.
Derivation of specific name:	cordifolia: heart-shaped leaf
Habitat:	Grassland, clearings in bushland or woodland, , often in shallow soils over limestone, in sandy or lateritic or rocky soils.
Altitude range: (metres)	10 - 2300 m
Flowering time:	Nov - Dec
Worldwide distribution:	Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola and Zimbabwe
FZ divisions:	Z (Other?)
Growth form(s):	Perennial.
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Literature:	Moriarty, A. (1975). Wild Flowers of Malawi Purnell & sons Cape Town. Page 28. As Scilla cordifolia (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 115. As Scilla cordifolia Schrire, B.D. (2012). Papilionoideae-Indigofereae Flora Zambesiaca 3(4) Pages 121 - 122. Stedje, B. (1996). Hyacinthaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 14 - 15.

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