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Eriospermum flagelliforme (Baker) J.C. Manning |
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Perennial herb growing from a depressed globose tuber. Leaf appearing after flowering, solitary, erect, narrowly lanceolate, up to 14 cm long, blue-green, hairless, leathery with prominent parallel veins. Inflorescence very lax with peduncle up to 18 cm long; pedicels of lower flowers up to 18 cm long bending upwards. Flowers bell-shaped with spreading tepals, bright yellow with a green mid vein and red streaking. Capsule 8-9 mm long. |
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Ethiopia |
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Worldwide distribution: | Senegal, Nigeria, CAR, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa. |
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Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 25. as Eriospermum flagelliforme Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 16. as Eriospermum flagelliforme Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 126. as Eriospermum flagelliforme Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 173. as Eriospermum flagelliforme (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 90. Moriarty, A. (1975). Wild Flowers of Malawi Purnell & sons Cape Town. Page 29. (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 58. Perry, P.L. (2010). Eriospermaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(2) Pages 9 - 10. as Eriospermum flagelliforme Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 114. as Eriospermum flagelliforme Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 226 - 227. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 122. as Eriospermum flagelliforme Van Wyk, B. & Malan, S. (1988). Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Witwatersrand and Pretoria Region Struik, Cape Town Pages 152 - 153. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 81. as Eriospermum flagelliforme |