Aristea polycephala Harms

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Iridaceae > Aristea

Characteristics

Plants (40-)50-100 cm.. Leaves 6-8, basal and cauline, reaching to ± the middle of the stem, linear or falcate, 3-8 mm. wide, the upper cauline leaves reduced in size and partly to entirely sheathing.. Stem repeatedly branched in the upper third, the central axis predominant, weakly compressed, without wings.. Flower-clusters many, mostly stalked, generally 2-flowered; spathes and bracts whitish and translucent with dark keels, 6-8 mm. long, the margins fimbriate.. Flowers blue, ± sessile; tepals obovate, 8-10 mm. long; filaments ± 3 mm. long; anthers 3 mm. long.. Style reaching the anther-apices, 3-lobed.. Capsules oblong, ± 6 mm. long, ± sessile.
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Leaves 6–8, basal and cauline, reaching to about the middle of the stem, 3–8 mm wide, linear or falcate, the upper cauline leaves reduced in size and partly to entirely sheathing.
Flower clusters many, mostly stalked, generally 2-flowered; spathes and bracts whitish and translucent with dark keels, 6–8 mm long, the margins fimbriate.
Stem repeatedly branched in the upper third, the central axis predominant, weakly compressed, without wings.
Flowers blue; tepals 8–10 mm long, obovate.
Filaments c. 3 mm long, anthers 3 mm long.
Style reaching the anther apices, 3-lobed.
Capsules oblong, c. 6 mm long.
Plants (40)50–100 cm tall.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Favours marshy sites.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses dye
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Aristea polycephala world distribution map, present in Mozambique and Tanzania, United Republic of

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:436008-1
WFO ID wfo-0000788014
COL ID GNLW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Aristea polycephala