Dipcadi bakerianum
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Habit
03 May 2008
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Seed pods
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Seeds in seed pod
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Seeds
03 May 2008
| Family: | Hyacinthaceae |
| Full name: | Dipcadi bakerianum Bolus |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Klein malkopui |
| English common name(s): | Namib wild onion |
| Synonym(s): | Dipcadi hyacinthoides (Spreng.) Baker |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Bulb globose, 1 in. diam.; leaves 4–6, lanceolate, acute, thin, glabrous, 6–9 in. long, about an inch broad low down; peduncle 2–3 in. long; raceme very lax, 4–6 in. long; pedicels very short, ascending, lower 0.125– 0.167 in. long; bracts ovate-lanceolate, cuspidate, much longer than the pedicels; perianth green, 0.75 in. long; outer segments ligulate-convolute, as long as the tube; inner oblong, connivent, 0.0833– 0.125 in. shorter; stamens inserted at the throat of the tube; filaments a little shorter than the anthers; capsule sessile, 0.625– 0.75 in. long and broad; seeds 15–20 in a cell. (from JSTOR website / Flora Capensis) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie |
| Content last updated: | 22 Nov 2011 |
