Strumaria tenella (L.F.) Snijman

Species

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Characteristics

Bulbous geophyte, 10-20 cm, slender. Leaves up to 6, usually present at flowering, spreading, filiform. Flowers 2-14, on long spreading pedicels, star-shaped, white, sometimes flushed with pink, style abruptly swollen in lower half.
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Bulbous geophyte, 100-200 mm tall, slender. Leaves up to 6, usually present at flowering, spreading, filiform, smooth. Flowers in a spreading cluster, stellate, white, occasionally flushed with pink, scape straight.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Images

Strumaria tenella unspecified picture

Distribution

Strumaria tenella world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:978580-1
WFO ID wfo-0000739424
COL ID 6ZYCR
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Hessea tenella Imhofia tenella Strumaria tenella Strumaria strumosa Tedingea tenella Carpolyza tenella Crinum tenellum

Lower taxons

Strumaria tenella subsp. orientalis Strumaria tenella subsp. tenella