Geissorhiza corrugata Klatt

Species

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Characteristics

Plants small, up to 50 mm high, including flowers. Corm asymmetric, ovoid with an oblique flat side extending downward as a prominent ridge, 5-7 mm diam.; tunics brown, concentric. Stem single or 2 or 3 produced from base. Leaves 3 or 4, all basal, ± 30 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, laxly twisted spirally, margins lightly thickened, the uppermost sheathing the stem below and ± straight. Spike 1(2)-flowered; bracts green to ± membranous, 12-15 mm long, pale or flushed red and spreading distally, inner slightly shorter than outer. Flowers actinomorphic, ± rotate, yellow; perianth tube funnel-shaped, ± 3 mm long; tepals ovate, 12-15 x 4-6 mm, outer wider than inner. Filaments erect, equal, 4-5 mm long; anthers ± 5 mm long, yellow; pollen yellow. Style 6-7 mm, dividing ± opposite base of anthers, branches up to 6 mm long, ± spreading to laxly recurved. Capsules globose to ovoid, 8-10 mm long.
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Cormous geophyte, 30-50 mm tall, tunics woody, imbricate. Leaves subterete, spirally coiled. Flowers few, yellow, tepals lightly cupped.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.04 - 0.05
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 7-9
Soil texture 1-2
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Geissorhiza corrugata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:437097-1
WFO ID wfo-0000788935
COL ID 6JYZH
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Geissorhiza corrugata