WorldFloraDB - Wurmbea stricta

Characteristics

Terrestrial geophyte, helophyte, up to 0.5 m high. Corms asymmetrical, tunics thin, dark brown; roots appear fan-wise. Shoot: neck covered with old leaf bases. Leaves 3, basal one linear, sheathing, upper two situated below inflorescence. Inflorescence an ebracteate spike. Flowers many, sessile, alternate, pink with red nectar guides. Perianth: segments free, equal, ovate, auriculate above claw with 2 dark nectaries forming a tube or groove down each side of claw, deciduous. Stamens at base of perianth segments; anthers purple, versatile, introrse. Ovary ovoid or obovoid, almost completely syncarpous, trisulcate; ovules many; styles 3, united basally, arising centrally on ovary, filiform; stigma apical, minute. Flowering time Aug.-Oct. Fruit an obtusely ovoid, angled and triumbonate capsule, topped with persistent style bases. Seeds subglobose, angled.

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Plants 20-50 cm high; corm tunics brown, papery. Leaves three, the lowermost basal and the upper two set just below the spike, the lower two with slender subterete blades triangular in cross section, the uppermost without a blade and clasping. Flowers sessile in short or long spikes, pink with cherry red nectar guides, tepals 8-1 long, claws c. 2 mm long, filaments 4-5 mm long, anthers c. 1.5 mm long, styles shortly united below, 1.5- long.

Cormous geophyte, 20-50 cm. Leaves subterete, triangular in section, upper 2 leaves set just below spike. Flowers sessile in elongate spikes, pink, tepals free, styles shortly united, filiform.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	deciduous
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Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77077140-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000810568
COL ID	5C44W
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Synonyms

Pontederia stricta Onixotis triquetra Wurmbea triquetra Anguillaria triquetra Wurmbea stricta Melanthium triquetrum Melanthium junceum Onixotis stricta Dipidax rosea Dipidax triquetra

WorldFloraDB 2024

Wurmbea stricta (Burm.F.) J.C.Manning & Vinn.

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Colchicaceae > Wurmbea