Sisyranthus randii S.Moore

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Sisyranthus

Characteristics

Stems one to several from a root, 0.5-0.8 m [as '1.5-2.5 ft.'] high, simple or sparingly branched above, glabrous; developed leaves in 5-8 pairs, 76-140 mm [as '3-5.5 in.'] long, decreasing upwards, erect or ascending, 0.5-1.1 mm [as '0.25-0.5 lin.'] broad, filiform or very narrowly linear, acute, channeled down the face or longitudinally folded, minutely and distantly ciliate, otherwise glabrous; umbels several, lateral at the nodes, 3-7-flowered, glabrous; peduncles 8-51 mm [as '0.33-2 in.'] long; pedicels 6-11 mm [as '3-5 lin.'] long; sepals 2.6-4.2 mm [as '1.25-2 lin.'] long, ovate or elliptic with a subulate point; corolla quite glabrous outside and within, cream-coloured (Miss Pegler), greenish-brown when dried; tube about 2.1 mm [as '1 lin.'] long and 4.2 mm [as '2 lin.'] in diam., depressed-globose, contracted at the mouth; lobes erect or slightly spreading, 2.1-2.6 mm [as '1-1.25 lin.'] long and broad, ovate or oblong-ovate, obtuse; corona-lobes shorter than to about as long as the staminal column, erect, 1.4 mm [as '0.67 lin.'] long, scarcely 1.1 mm [as '0.5 lin.'] broad unless flattened out, oblong, entire or rarely with a minute tooth on each side at the base, channelled down the back, obtuse or inflexed and subacute at the apex; staminal column 1.4 mm [as '0.67 lin.'] long; anthers connivent-incumbent over the style-apex, oblong, usually ciliate with 2 or 3 minute bristle-like hairs at the tips.
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Perennial herb, 450-750 mm high, with fusiform roots. Leaves with blade Aliform or narrowly linear, 76-140 x 0.5-1.0 mm, channelled down face or longitudinally folded. Flowers: inflorescences 3-7-f lowered; corolla depressed-globose, lobes and tube glabrous, cream-coloured, green, greenish brown, white to yellowish; Sep.-Mar. Fruit a follicle.
Herb, 0.45-0.75 m high. Leaves filiform, 0.5-1.0 mm broad. Corolla lobes and tube glabrous inside. Flowers greenish, white, yellowish.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.45 - 0.75
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Sisyranthus randii world distribution map, present in Lesotho, eSwatini, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:101423-1
WFO ID wfo-0001103354
COL ID 4XSGT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Sisyranthus randii