Romulea discifera J.C.Manning & Goldblatt

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Iridaceae > Romulea

Characteristics

Plants 100-150(-200) mm high. Corm flattened bell-shaped, 15-20 mm diam., tunics woody, basal rim irregularly fringed and scalloped. Stem subterranean or aerial and exserted up to 80 mm. Leaves 3 to 5, lower 2 basal, subterete and 4-grooved, 1.2-2.0 mm diam., glabrous or ciliolate on rib margins. Peduncles up to 3, subterete, suberect in fruit; outer bracts green, often flushed purple, with narrow, colourless membranous margins, 15-28 mm long, finely striate (4 veins/mm), inner bracts with narrow, colourless membranous margins. Flowers bright yellow with a darker yellow cup, inner tepals with narrow dark median line and sometimes diffuse dark zone in throat, outer tepals with dark median blotch in throat, streaked with reddish longitudinal bands on reverse; perianth tube funnel-shaped, ± 5 mm long; tepals oblanceolate, 25-35 x 6-10 mm. Filaments inserted near base of tube, 5-6 mm long, densely pilose below; anthers 6-7 mm long, yellow. Style dividing opposite middle of anthers, branches 2-3 mm long, divided for half their length. Capsules oblong-ovoid, ± 8 mm long.
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Cormous geophyte, 8-15 cm, corms symmetrical, depressed-discoid, basal rim wide and fibrous. Basal leaves 2 or 3. Flowers yellow with darker cup, with or without black markings.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil texture 3-4
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Distribution

Romulea discifera world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1021161-1
WFO ID wfo-0000786018
COL ID 78WLL
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Synonyms

Romulea discifera