Schizochilus crenulatus H.P.Linder

Species

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Characteristics

Plants 100-350 mm tall; leaves 5-6, lower 2-4 clustered basally, linear, acute, c. 70 x 4 mm, remainder scattered on the scape and grading into the bracts. Inflorescences lax, nodding spikes, 30-150 mm long, 6-25-flowered; bracts half as long as the 6 mm long ovaries. Flowers 5 mm in diameter, white with mauve veins. Sepals subequal, 5-7 mm long; median galeate, narrowly oblong-ovate to oblong-ovate, acute; laterals suboblique, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, acute, often longer than the median. Petals subobliquely rhomboid, acute, curved over the anther. Lip 6-7 x 3-4 mm, disc with a ridge or filamentous crests; midlobe acute, 2 mm long; side lobes rounded or truncate, usually crenulate, 1 mm long; spur straight, sub-clavate, 2-3 mm long.
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Slender herb, up to 350 mm tall. Leaves narrowly lanceolate to linear, more than 4. Sepals 5-7 mm long. Lip with a ridge of filamentous crests. Flowers white with ± mauve veins.
Slender herb, up to 350 mm tall. Leaves narrowly lanceolate to linear, more than 4. Sepals 5-7 mm long. Lip with a ridge of filamentous crests. Flowers white with ± mauve veins.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.35
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

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

Usage

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

Cultivation

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

Distribution

Schizochilus crenulatus world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:657348-1
WFO ID wfo-0000306840
COL ID 6XVB5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Schizochilus crenulatus