Dracomonticola virginea (Bolus) H.P.Linder & Kurzweil

Species

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Characteristics

Small, terrestrial herb, growing horizontally on cliffs; with root tubers, up to 0.25 m high. Leaves: basal leaf solitary, elliptic, 40 x 22 mm in diam.; cauline leaf solitary, 20 x 2 mm, halfway up the stem. Inflorescence subcapitate, 50 mm long, 1-8 flowers, slightly drooping; flowers white with pale pink petals and lip, margins dark pink; bracts lanceolate, somewhat longer than ovary. Sepals subequal, narrowly elliptic. Petals ovate, obtuse, < 1/2 as long as sepals. Lip spathulate to pandurate, unspurred, basal portion narrow and saccate, apical portion with 2 minute side lobes. Flowering time Oct.-Jan.
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Plants to 250 mm tall; basal leaf elliptic, acute, to 40 x 22 mm; cauline leaf single, about half-way up the stem, narrowly triangular, acute, to 20 x 2 mm. Inflorescences c. 50 mm long with 1-8 flowers; bracts slightly longer than the ovaries, acute to acuminate, sheathing basally, green. Flowers c. 15 x 10 mm, with white sepals and pale pink petals with dark pink margins. Sepals subequal, 8-15 x 3-6 mm, narrowly elliptic, acute, shallowly conªcave, venation visible but not prominent. Petals ovate, obtuse, concave, to 4 x 2 mm. Lip spathuªlate, pandurate to subpandurate, 4-6 x 3-4 mm, margin entire.
Slender herb, up to 250 mm high. Leaves solitary. Flowers: 3-6, inflorescence short and dense, slightly nodding; dorsal sepal 8-15 mm long; lip 6-8 x 4 mm; petals ± V2 as long as sepals; perianth white with pale pink petals and lip; Oct.-Jan.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.25
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Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 7-9
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Distribution

Dracomonticola virginea world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:983691-1
WFO ID wfo-0000945515
COL ID 37KDY
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Synonyms

Neobolusia virginea Brachycorythis virginea Platanthera virginea Dracomonticola virginea Gymnadenia virginea