Dipcadi gracillimum Baker

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Dipcadi

Characteristics

Plants 20-30 cm.. Bulb 13-24 mm. in diameter.. Leaves 8-17, filiform to linear with inrolled margin, up to 35 cm. long, 1-1.5 mm. wide, smooth, base free, expanded, membranous.. Scapes 1-3, 15-25 cm. long, smooth.. Raceme with 5-12 flowers; pedicels smooth, 3-7 mm., up to 10 mm. in fruit; bracts lanceolate, 6-15 mm., acuminate.. Flowers yellowish.. Perianth-segments 10-12 mm., without caudate appendages.. Filaments 3.5-4 mm.. Ovary 3-4 mm. long, 2.5 mm. across.. Capsule 8-11 mm. long, 12-15 mm. in diameter.. Seeds 4-6 mm. long.
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A bulb plant. It can be 60 cm tall. The bulb is oval and 1.5 cm across. There are 5-6 leaves. These are very slender. The leaves at the base are 25 cm long. The flower stalk is slender and taller. It is 10-15 cm long and has 2-5 flowers in a group.
Life form perennial
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.4 - 0.45
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Environment

It is a tropical and subtropical plant. In Southern Africa it grows between 10-2,195 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible bulbs
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Distribution

Dipcadi gracillimum world distribution map, present in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, eSwatini, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:533940-1
WFO ID wfo-0000765413
COL ID 36FBV
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Synonyms

Dipcadi gracillimum Dipcadi involutum Dipcadi polyphyllum Ornithogalum dipcadoides