Xerophyta humilis
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Habit
05 Mar 2009
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Fruit
05 Mar 2009
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Habit
05 Mar 2009
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Flower
05 Mar 2009
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Habit (dry season)
04 Apr 2009
| Family: | Velloziaceae |
| Full name: | Xerophyta humilis (Baker) T.Durand & Schinz |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Reënmetertjies |
| English common name(s): | - |
| Synonym(s): | Barbacenia humilis (Baker) Pax ex Burtt Davy Barbacenia minuta (Baker) Dinter Vellozia humilis Baker Vellozia minuta Baker |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Low-growing perennial, less than 15 cm tall, sometimes mat-forming. Leaves in a basal tuft, linear-lanceolate. Flowers on long, glandular stalks, pale mauve. (from Flora of Zimbabwe website) Flowers: long-stalked; delicate; tepals 6; mauve; with a yellowish inner. |
| 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 |
