Species Onixotis stricta
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Etymology of Onixotis:
Gk. onyx = claws (hence clawed base of petals); otos = ear; alluding to the auriculate petal claws.
Etymology of stricta:
From the Latin strictus = ‘compressed’ or 'constricted'
Scientific name:
Onixotis stricta (Burm. f.) Wijnands
Common names:
Rysblommetjie
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Synonym status:
Cormous geophyte, 20--50 cm. Leaves subterete, triangular in section, upper 2 leaves set just below spike. Flowers sessile in elongate spikes, pink, styles shortly united, filiform. Aug.--Oct. Marshes and pools, NW, SW (Namaqualand to Cape Peninsula and Worcester).
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Onixotis stricta.
