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| Frequency: | very local |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
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| Type location: |
Tanzania |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | longistylum: with a long style. |
| Habitat: | Montane grassland |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 600 - 2200 m |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, and the Nyika in Malawi and Zambia. |
| FZ divisions: | E |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Mc |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | Data deficient |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 309. (Includes a picture). Goldblatt, P. (1993). Iridaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(4) Pages 44 - 45. (Includes a picture). Moriarty, A. (1975). Wild Flowers of Malawi Purnell & sons Cape Town. Page 17. Moriarty includes all species in this genus under D. pendulum (Includes a picture). |