Holothrix papillosa Summerh.

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial herb up to 3 dm. high.. Leaves 2, ovate to reniform, obtuse or apiculate, up to 2 cm. long and 3 cm. broad, with long soft hairs on upper surface.. Scape with rather long spreading hairs.. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, equalling the almost sessile ovary, densely hairy.. Flowers white.. Sepals ovate, apiculate, the laterals oblique, 1.7–3 mm. long, long-ciliate.. Petals narrowly wedge-shaped, 4.5–5.5 mm. long, 3-lobed in the upper third; lobes densely papillose.. Lip broadly wedge-shaped or fan-shaped, 5–7-lobed in the upper half, 4.5–5 mm. long; lobes densely papillose.. Spur conical, nearly straight, ± 2 mm. long.. Ovary densely hairy.
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Inflorescence 2–8 cm long, fairly densely 2– to many-flowered, flowers secund; ovary 3 mm long; bracts 1–4 mm long, ovate, pubescent.
Leaves 2, appressed to ground, 10–23 × 7–33 mm, orbicular to reniform, pilose above.
Petals 2.5–6 mm long, densely papillose, 3-lobed to about one third of the length.
Sepals green or purplish, 1.7–3 × 1.3–1.4 mm, ovate, long ciliate.
Flowers white, non-resupinate, c. 6 mm long including ovary.
Lip 2.5–5 mm long, similar to petals but with 5–7 lobes.
Scape without sheaths, with long spreading hairs.
Spur 1.5–3 mm long, conical, obscure, straight.
Tubers 2, up to 13 × 8 mm, ovoid.
Terrestrial herb 9–32 cm tall.
Anther 1 mm high.
Ovary pubescent.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Holothrix papillosa world distribution map, present in Tanzania, United Republic of and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:638922-1
WFO ID wfo-0000982906
COL ID 6M9HM
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Synonyms

Holothrix brachycheira Holothrix papillosa