Lapeirousia pyramidalis subsp. pyramidalis Ker Gawl.

Subspecies

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Characteristics

Flowers whitish to pale bluish, or flushed with pale pink, lower tepals cream-coloured at base with small basal median streak of purple and larger median purple mark, intensely sweetly scented night and day; perianth tube 25-40 mm long, narrow and cylindric below, broadened and curving outward in upper 4-5 mm; tepals subequal, dorsal ± erect, 9-12 x 6-7 mm, upper laterals spreading to reflexed, lower 3 directed downward, with short claw ± 1.5 mm x 2 mm, limbs abruptly expanded, broadly oval, 7.5-8.0 x 6 mm. Stamens unilateral, ± erect; filaments 5-6 mm long, exserted ± 3.5 mm; anthers ± 3 mm long, cream-coloured or light purple; pollen yellowish to white. Style usually dividing shortly above anther bases; style branches becoming tangled in anthers. Seeds 1.5-1.9 mm diam.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

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Soil texture 1-6
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Images

Lapeirousia pyramidalis subsp. pyramidalis unspecified picture

Distribution

Lapeirousia pyramidalis subsp. pyramidalis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77169588-1
WFO ID wfo-0000790792
COL ID 5J9DY
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Synonyms

Meristostigma fissifolium Lapeirousia angustifolia Gladiolus bracteatus Meristostigma bracteatum Ovieda bracteata Ovieda fissifolia Lapeirousia bracteata Peyrousia fissifolia Peyrousia bracteata Gladiolus fissifolius Lapeirousia pyramidalis subsp. pyramidalis Lapeirousia fissifolia