Wurmbea spicata
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
19/09/2012 - 4:30pm
Collection:
Swartland
A generally low-lying region north of Paarl and Cape Town characterised primariy by nutrient rich clay soils that are favoured for cultivation.
Is private:
Public
Nodes
Geissorhiza malmesburiensis
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
19/09/2012 - 4:29pm
Collection:
Diascia
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
19/09/2012 - 4:20pm
Collection:
Lapeirousia azurea
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
19/09/2012 - 4:13pm
Collection:
Geissorhiza
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
19/09/2012 - 4:18pm
Collection:
Taxonomy term
G
Diascia
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. di- = two; askion = wineskin, bladder, belly; referring to the two lateral corolla pouches.
G
Geissorhiza
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. geisson = title; rhiza = root; alluding to the regular overlapping of the corm tunics in some species.
S
Wurmbea spicata
(Witkoppie)
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Short etymology:
From the Latin spicatus = ‘spiked’
Description:
Cormous geophyte, 5--20 cm. Leaves narrowly lanceolate. Flowers white to cream, sometimes with dark margins, tube shorter than the tepals. Aug.--Nov. Mostly clay and granite slopes in renosterveld, NW, SW, KM, LB (Bokkeveld Mts to Swellendam).