Lanaria lanata (L.) T.Durand & Schinz

Species

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Characteristics

Tufted, perennial geophytes, 0.2-0.5 m high; rhizome woody, vertical, with a dense tuft of fibres. Leaves basal, distichous, linear, glabrous, rigid, closely ribbed. Peduncle villous. Flowers in a dense panicle, regular, with soft, dense, plumose hairs. Perianth externally villous, internally glabrous and mauve-pink; segments 6, spreading, linear. Stamens erect, short outer filaments arising from throat of perianth; anthers versatile, sagittate, opening by longitudinal slits. Ovary with 3 locules; ovules axile, anatropous, 2 in each locule; style subulate, exserted; stigma 3-lobed. Flowering time Oct.-Mar. Capsule subglobose, 1-seeded, crowned with persistent perianth.
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An evergreen herb. It grows 30-80 cm tall. It has underground stems or rhizomes. The leaves are narrow and tufted. They have a channel along them and teeth at the edge. The flowers are in woolly white panicles.
Evergreen, rhizomatous perennial, 30-80 cm. Leaves tufted, narrow, channelled, fibrotic, margins serrate. Flowers in white-woolly panicles, small, mauve, honey-scented.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.65
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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It is a Mediterranean climate plant.
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Images

Lanaria lanata unspecified picture
Lanaria lanata unspecified picture

Distribution

Lanaria lanata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60442450-2
WFO ID wfo-0000456736
COL ID 3S6BQ
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Synonyms

Dilatris hexandra Lanaria plumosa Argolasia lanata Hyacinthus lanatus Argolasia capensis Argolasia plumosa Lanaria lanata Lanaria lanata