Empodium flexile M.F.Thomps. ex Snijman

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Hypoxidaceae > Empodium

Characteristics

Perennial geophyte, up to ± 100 mm high; corm with papery or fibrous sheaths. Leaves 3, usually dry at flowering, narrowly lanceolate, ± 5 mm wide, softly pleated with ciliate ribs. Flower yellow, scented; tepals 15-30 mm long, recurved from 10-30 mm long neck; stamens spreading, distinctly apically appendaged; ovary mostly hidden in leaf sheaths; style shorter than stigma. Flowering time Feb.-June.
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Cormous geophyte, up to ± 100 mm tall, neck coarsely fibrous. Leaves dry or emerging at flowering, narrowly lanceolate, pleated, ribs fringed. Flowers yellow, sweetly scented, tepals slightly spreading near base, otherwise outspread, inserted on a 10-30 mm long neck leading to a mostly subterranean ovary, anthers spreading, tipped with fleshy, sterile appendages.
Cormous geophyte to 10cm, with a fibrous neck. Leaves 3, dry or emergent at flowering, lanceolate, pleated with fringed ribs. Flower yellow, sweetly scented, anthers tipped with elongate, fleshy appendages, ovary mostly subterranean, with a beak 10-30 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1
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Soil texture 1-6
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Distribution

Empodium flexile world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1017458-1
WFO ID wfo-0000766518
COL ID 39LK8
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Forbesia flexilis Empodium flexile Curculigo plicata var. barberae Forbesia flexilis var. barberae