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Nerine pancratioides Baker

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Amaryllidaceae > Nerine

Characteristics

Very pale or pure white flowers, uncrisped perianth segments and a structural peculiarity in having small, square bifid scales between each of the filaments making this a very distinct species. The pedicels are densely pubescent but the scape is not. The filaments are less than half the length of the perianth segments. Scape up to 7-5 cm. Perianth segments up to 2-4 cm x 5 mm. The flower is distinctly funnel form. The size of this plant can vary a lot with the scape having a length of up to 95 cm.
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Perennial geophyte, up to ± 0.6 m high. Leaves evergreen, linear, ± 2 mm wide. Flowers in a compact cluster; perianth 16-24 mm long, white or very pale pink, segments only slightly upturned, 4-5 mm wide, hardly crisped, ± twice as long as stamens; filaments with basal appendages. Flowering time Feb., Mar.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.6
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 6-8
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Nerine pancratioides world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:66326-1
WFO ID wfo-0000699238
COL ID 73X57
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Nerine schlechteri Nerine pancratioides
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