Disa rufescens Sw.

Species

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Characteristics

Plants erect, 140-400 mm tall; leaves narrowly lanceolate to linear, basally to 70 mm long. Inflorescences slender spikes, 30-150 mm long and 15 mm in diameter, with 2-25 flowers; bracts dark green, imbricate and partially obscuring the flowers. Flowers lime-green with dark-purple petals and lip. Median sepal shallowly galeate, oblong, obtuse to rounded, 9-11 mm long; spur slender, cylindrical, acute, 10-16 mm long; lateral sepals oblong, obtuse, 6-8 mm long. Petals obliquely narrowly oblong, truncate, 6-7 mm long, the narrowly oblong apical part forming a tube with the median sepal. Lip narrowly oblong, obtuse, 6-7 mm long. Anther semi-pendent; stigma pedicellate, not as tall as the rostellum; rostellum c. 1 mm tall, viscidium elongated backwards with a longitudinal dorsal groove.
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Tuberous geophyte to 40 cm. Leaves linear-lanceolate. Flowers few in a slender raceme, lime-green with purple petals and lip, spur slender, cylindrical, 10-16 mm long, lateral sepals oblong, 6-8 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Disa rufescens world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:630238-1
WFO ID wfo-0000944541
COL ID 36S3D
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Synonyms

Monadenia lancifolia Monadenia leptostachys Monadenia macrocera Monadenia rufescens Monadenia rufescens Satyrium rufescens Disa rufescens Monadenia rufescens