Disa gladioliflora subsp. gladioliflora

Subspecies

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Characteristics

Terrestrial herb, slender, geophyte, 0.25-0.50 m high; with root tubers. Leaves radical, hysteranthous, linear, up to 300 mm long. Inflorescence a lax, few-flowered raceme; flowers white to pale pink with darker markings. Sepals 10-20 mm long; median sepal galeate, laterally flattened; spur slender, acute, horizontal, 8-14 mm long. Lip narrowly obovate to oblanceolate. Flowering time Mar.-May.
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Median sepal at least 11 mm long; spur at least 8 mm long.
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Distribution

Disa gladioliflora subsp. gladioliflora world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77168168-1
WFO ID wfo-0000944392
COL ID 7YHLD
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Synonyms

Disa gladioliflora subsp. gladioliflora