Tulbaghia rhodesica
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High rainfall Miombo woodland in sandy loam to clay soil
Mumbuluma area
Oct 2018
Photo: Nick Wightman
High rainfall Miombo woodland in sandy loam to clay soil
Mumbuluma area
Oct 2018
Photo: Nick Wightman
High rainfall Miombo woodland in sandy loam to clay soil
Mumbuluma area
Oct 2018
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Locally frequent |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Herb with bulb-like rootstock from rhizomatous base; leaves linear, 10-20 x 0.4 cm; often flowering when leafless; peduncle up to 20 cm long, involucral bracts up to 25 x 8 mm, tinged purple; inflorescence 6-10 flowered; pedicels up to 25 mm long in fruit; perianth rose-purple (rarely white), 7-9 x 2-3 mm, segments acute, 6-8 x 3.5-4.5 mm, the whorls set closely together; corona obscurely s-lobed, 1 mm long, lobes separated from each other by a minute bright red secondary lobe; anthers 1 mm long; capsule subglobose, 4 x 5 mm; seeds black, c. 4.5 mm long. |
| Type location: |
Zambia, Kawambwa |
| Notes: | Red Data list status: Localised; but habitat not threatened; possibly LR-nt |
| Derivation of specific name: | rhodesiaca: of Rhodesia; presumably meaning Northern Rhodesia. |
| Habitat: | Miombo woodland in open places and bush, on rocky shallow soil and termitaria. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Oct - Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | North eastern Zambia and southern Tanzania. |
| FZ divisions: | N |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | N |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Lower Risk - near threatened |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 28 May 2019 |
| Literature: |
Kativu, S. (2002). Alliaceae of the Flora Zambesiaca area Kirkia 18(1) Page 75. Kativu, S. (2008). Alliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1) Page 93. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Tulbaghia rhodesicaAfrican Plant Database: Tulbaghia rhodesica
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Tulbaghia rhodesica
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Tulbaghia rhodesica
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