Cyrtanthus leucanthus Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Amaryllidaceae > Cyrtanthus

Characteristics

Bulb obovate, contracted into a neck. Leaves solitary, filiform, acute, shorter than the peduncle, 1 mm broad. Peduncle 'the thickness of a goose's quill', somewhat glaucous, 15-25 cm tall. Spathe-valves longer than the pedicels. Pedicels erect, 1.3-.5 cm long, 1 mm thick. Flowers 1-3 on a peduncle; perianth about 6 cm long, white; tube cylindrical, 4 cm long 3 mm broad, curved, dilated from the base to a throat 6 mm wide; outer lobes ovate-oblong, acuminate, 2 cm long, 0.9-1.2 cm broad, the inner ones obtuse and slightly shorter. Stamens biseriate, reaching the mouth of the perianth-tube. Style longer than the stamens, trifid.
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Bulbous geophyte to 30 cm. Leaves 1 or 2, usually dry at flowering, linear. Flowers 1-4, suberect, narrowly tubular, with spreading, broadly elliptic segments, cream-coloured to white, sweetly scented, stamens shortly exserted from throat.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.25
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Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
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Distribution

Cyrtanthus leucanthus world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:64227-1
WFO ID wfo-0000764932
COL ID 33L3C
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cyrtanthus leucanthus