Geissorhiza platystigma Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Iridaceae > Geissorhiza

Characteristics

Plants 25-50 mm high. Corm bell-shaped, ± 3 mm diam., with minutely toothed margins; tunics light brown, concentric, woody. Stem usually 1-or 2-branched from near base. Leaves usually 3, linear, ± 1 mm wide, sheaths inflated, plane, ± as long as stem. Spike 1-flowered; bracts sometimes flushed purple distally, outer ± 8 mm long, inner ± 6 mm long, not forked at apex. Flowers actinomorphic, rotate, pale yellow, unscented; perianth tube funnel-shaped, ± 1.5 mm long; tepals narrowly ovate, 6-7 x ± 3 mm. Filaments erect, equal, ± 2 mm long; anthers ± 1.5 mm long, pale yellow. Style erect, dividing opposite upper third of anthers, branches ± 1.5 mm long, with prominent hairs longer than width of branch. Capsules barrel-shaped, ± 5 mm long.
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Tiny cormous geophyte to 6 cm, tunics woody, concentric, stems often branched at base. Leaves plane, ± linear. Flowers 1 per stem, pale yellow, tepals ± cupped, 6-7 x ±3 mm, style branches unusually short and broad.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Geissorhiza platystigma world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77106413-1
WFO ID wfo-0000917880
COL ID 3FGZK
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Synonyms

Geissorhiza platystigma