Dierama pendulum (L.f.) Baker
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Dierama pendulum (L.f.) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 99 (1877)
Dierama pendulum (L.f.) Baker
Biostatus
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Baker
L.f.
(L.f.) Baker
1877
99
ICN
species
Dierama pendulum
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Dierama pendulum (L.f.) Baker
Large evergreen clumps. Corm large, globose, tunic fibres splitting into long bristles at top. Stems 1-2 m high, arching, slender, terete. Leaves 45-90 × c. 1 cm, ± stiff, dull olive-green. Panicle with drooping filiform branches to 15 cm long; spathe-valves papery, ± 2 cm long, whitish, speckled with small brown lines. Flowers pinkish-purple, 3-3.5 cm long, 3-4 cm diam., 5-7 alternate, ± 1 cm apart towards extremities of branches. Capsule enclosed in persistent spathe-valves, ± 3.5 mm long Seeds few.
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Historic biostatus
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1 January 2000
18 March 2022