Eriospermum graminifolium
| Eriospermum graminifolium | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nolinoideae |
| Genus: | Eriospermum |
| Species: | E. graminifolium
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| Binomial name | |
| Eriospermum graminifolium A.V. Duthie
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Eriospermum graminifolium is a species of geophytic plant of the genus Eriospermum, indigenous to South Africa.
Description
[edit]This is one of several species that have slender, lanceolate leaves, including Eriospermum exile, Eriospermum bayeri and Eriospermum lanceifolium.
The leaf of Eriospermum graminifolium is leathery, slender, lanceolate and grass-like (100mm x 9mm). Usually the faintly hairy sides of the leaves are curved upwards, to the point where the leaf can seem partly rolled up. The irregular-shaped tuber is pinkish inside. The white flowers appear on a slender inflorescence in February to April.
Eriospermum graminifolium occurs in sandy or clay soils, in the south western Cape, extending as far east as the town of George.[1] [2]
References
[edit]- ^ Perry, P.L. (1994) A Revision of the Genus Eriospermum (Eriospermaceae). Bolus Herbarium, University of Cape Town.
- ^ Distribution