Dierama mobile Hilliard

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Iridaceae > Dierama

Characteristics

Plants 0.75-1.5 m high, solitary or a few in small tufts. Corm ± 20 mm diam. Stem with lowermost peduncle (70-)90-230 mm long. Foliage leaves few, 450-750 x 2.5-3.5 mm; reduced sheathing leaves 4 or 5. Spikes pendulous, terminal 8-to 14-flowered, laterals 3 to 5, each 5-to 14-flowered; bracts obovate to elliptic-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, 14-19 x 6-10 mm, ± 2 internodes long, heavily flecked reddish brown toward base, thinning toward shoulders and paler or whitish, lateral veins 4 or 5 each side of main vein. Flowers bell-shaped with tepals suberect and flaring slightly apically, magenta-pink to deep wine-red; perianth tube 5-8 mm long; tepals 8-12(-14) x 4-5 mm. Anthers 5-6(-7) mm long. Stigmas held 2-7 mm below top of perianth.
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Cormous herb, up to 1.5 m high. Coflorescences (1-) 3-6. Lowermost peduncles mostly 90-230 mm long. Bracts reddish brown, paler towards shoulders, main veins 4 or 5 each side of midvein. Flowers magenta-pink to deep wine-red.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.13 - 1.5
Root system -
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Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
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Germination treatment -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Dierama mobile world distribution map, present in eSwatini and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:934752-1
WFO ID wfo-0000789316
COL ID 3627R
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Dierama mobile