Drimia calcarata (Baker) Stedje

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Drimia

Characteristics

Plants small and slender, up to 35 cm., usually flowering before the filiform leaves.. Inflorescence a raceme with up to 20 flowers; bracts ± 1.5 mm. long; spurs up to 6 mm. long at the lowermost flower; pedicels 1-3 mm. long.. Perianth-segments free, white with a green or brown abaxial band, 3-4 mm. long.. Filaments free, ± 3 mm. long.. Ovary ellipsoid, ± 2 mm. long; style ± long as the ovary.. Capsule narrowly ovoid-ellipsoid, 4-5 mm. long.. Seeds fusiform, 3-4 mm. long.
Life form perennial
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.35
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal poison
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Distribution

Drimia calcarata world distribution map, present in Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, eSwatini, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:944805-1
WFO ID wfo-0000766080
COL ID 37P36
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Synonyms

Urginea calcarata Urginea rubella Urginea riparia Urginea pretoriensis Urginea mandalensis Urginea natalensis Drimia loedolffiae Ornithogalum calcaratum Urginea modesta Urginea umgeniensis Urginea tenella Drimia calcarata Drimia modesta Fusifilum gracilis