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Holothrix cernua (Burm.F.) Schelpe

Species

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Characteristics

Plants erect, scape without bracts, slender or stout, with long hispid reflexed hairs, 90-240 mm high; leaves sometimes withered before anthesis, with dense covering of squamules or short stiff hairs, rarely glabrous with hairs on the margins only. Flowers: Sepals densely hirsute, 1.5-3 x 0.5-1.5 mm. Petals entire, carnose at apices, 3.5-7 x 0.5-1.5 mm, cream to lime-green. Lip carnose, with 3-5 (-7) lobes, midlobe the longest, lobes comprising lh to half the length of the whole lip, colour as for petals; spur curved, 1.5-4 mm long. Anther thecae chestnut-brown.
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Terrestrial herb, geophyte with root tubers, up to 0.26 m high. Scape with stiff deflexed hairs. Leaves 2, flat on ground, up to 28 mm wide, with or without scales above, not withering before flowering. Inflorescence a lax to dense hairy raceme; flowers secund, many, greenish yellow. Sepals subequal, connivent; dorsal sepal 2 mm long. Petals linear, 4-5 mm long. Lip 7 mm long, divided into 3-5 subequal lobes; spur 3 mm long. Flowering time Sept.-Dec.
Slender, tuberous geophyte, up to 240 mm tall, scape stiffly deflexed-hairy. Leaves 2, basal, ovate, stiffly hairy or scaly. Flowers many in a dense raceme, green, petals entire, lip spurred and with 3-5(-7) narrow lobes. July-Jan., mostly after fire.
Slender, tuberous geophyte to 24 cm, scape stiffly deflexed-hairy. Leaves 2, basal, ovate, stiffly hairy or scaly. Flowers many in a dense raceme, green, petals entire, lip spurred and with 3-5(-7) narrow lobes.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.24
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
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Images

Holothrix cernua unspecified picture

Distribution

Holothrix cernua world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:638892-1
WFO ID wfo-0000982868
COL ID 6M9HY
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Orchis hispida Orchis hispidula Monotris secunda Orchis cernua Habenaria hispida Holothrix cernua Habenaria hispidula Holothrix gracilis Holothrix harveyana Holothrix hispidula Holothrix monotris Holothrix squamulosa Holothrix squamulosa var. hirsuta Holothrix squamulosa var. scabra
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