Empodium namaquensis (Baker) M.F.Thomps.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Hypoxidaceae > Empodium

Characteristics

Cormous geophyte, up to 300 mm tall, basal sheaths membranous, pale with dark tips. Leaves well developed at flowering, broadly lanceolate, pleated, ribs minutely toothed. Flowers yellow, tepals spreading, inserted on a neck up to 20 mm long, ovary exserted from leaf sheaths, anthers ± spreading, without apical appendages.
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Cormous geophyte to 30 cm, basal sheaths membranous, pale with dark tips. Leaves 1-5, green at flowering, tufted, broadly lanceolate, pleated with minutely toothed ribs. Flowers yellow, held to 5 cm above the ground, anthers without appendages, ovary with a sparsely hispid beak to 20 mm long.
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Growth form herb
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Soil texture 7-8
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Distribution

Empodium namaquensis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:434177-1
WFO ID wfo-0000766521
COL ID 39LKB
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Synonyms

Empodium namaquensis Forbesia namaquensis Curculigo namaquensis