Chlorophytum pusillum Schweinf. ex Baker

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Chlorophytum

Characteristics

Plants small, often in patches, up to 3.5 cm. high.. Rhizome not distinct; roots short, ± spongy, with elongated tubers, roots sometimes reduced to sessile or subsessile elongated tuberous structures.. Leaves rosulate, ± prostrate, 1–4 to a plant, rarely more, oblanceolate, thinly membranous, glabrous, (2.5–)5–15 cm. long, (1.5–)3–10 cm. wide; margins crisped, in SW. Tanzania a form occurs with red ciliate margins.. Peduncle reduced, up to 1(–3) cm. long.. Inflorescence unbranched, dense, 2–5 cm. long.. Pedicels apparently without articulation, 1–5 mm. long, several at each node.. Perianth white; tepals 4–5 mm. long, ± 1 mm. wide, 3-veined.. Stamens as long as the perianth; filaments fusiform and papillate, 2.5–5 mm. long, longer than the anthers.. Ovary sessile, with ± 5 ovules per locule; style straight, as long as the stamens.. Capsule shallowly deltoid, smooth, ± 4 mm. long, 3 mm. wide.. Seeds slightly folded, saucer-shaped, ± 1.5 mm. in diameter.. Fig. 11/2–5.
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Leaves appressed to the ground forming a mat
Flowers white
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.04
Root system rhizome
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Environment

Under moist rocks in savanna.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Chlorophytum pusillum world distribution map, present in Benin, Central African Republic, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:533041-1
WFO ID wfo-0000763568
COL ID 69XS5
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INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Chlorophytum micans Chlorophytum pusillum