Drimiopsis botryoides Baker

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Drimiopsis

Characteristics

Plants up to 60 cm.. Leaves cordate or lanceolate, spotted or unspotted, up to 45 cm. long and 1.5-7.5 cm. wide.. Inflorescence spicate or racemose; pedicels up to 3 mm. long.. Perianth-segments white to greenish white, elliptic, up to 6 mm. long; outer segments spreading, inner ones connivent and usually wider than the outer.. Filaments flattened, triangular and united with the perianth-segments at their base.. Ovary 1-2 mm. long; style slender and ± as long as the ovary.. Capsule subglobose, ± 5 mm., with 1-2 seeds.. Seeds 2-4 mm.
Life form perennial
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.38 - 0.43
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Environment

Light 1-3
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

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Cultivation

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Images

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Distribution

Drimiopsis botryoides world distribution map, present in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania, United Republic of

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:534575-1
WFO ID wfo-0000766210
COL ID 37P7J
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ledebouria botryoides Drimiopsis botryoides

Lower taxons

Drimiopsis botryoides subsp. prostrata Drimiopsis botryoides subsp. botryoides