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Caesia alpina Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asphodelaceae > Caesia

Characteristics

Rhizome branched; roots fleshy-fibrous. Leaves to c. 15 cm long; lamina 1-2 mm wide, flaccid-decurved; sheath papery. Inflorescence to 10 cm long; axis slender, simple or occasionally 1-branched, spreading-decumbent; lower bracts to 5 cm long; clusters 1-4-flowered, the lowest subtended by leaf-like bracts to 50 mm long; upper bracts broadly ovate to subulate, to 2.5 mm long; pedicels slender, to 5 mm long. Perianth segments elliptic, 3-4.5 mm long, greenish white. Stamens to 2 mm long; anthers 0.8 mm long; filaments broadly flattened below, greenish. Capsule strongly lobed, to 6.5 mm wide. Seed c. 2 mm wide; testa granulate, dull.
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A bulb plant. A grass-like herb. The roots are fleshy to fibrous. It grows 10-20 cm high and 10-20 cm wide. The leaves are 20 cm long and narrow. The flowers are 1.2 cm across. They are on very short stalks in small clusters. They are yellowish-green. The fruit is a capsule about 0.7 cm across. It has lobes.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.2
Root system fibrous-root rhizome
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in alpine regions. They need moist but fairly well drained soil.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

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Edible roots tubers
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Caesia alpina world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:532319-1
WFO ID wfo-0000762583
COL ID 694ZQ
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Synonyms

Caesia alpina
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