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Lapeirousia micrantha Lapeirousia micrantha
Lapeirousia micrantha Lapeirousia micrantha
Lapeirousia micrantha Lapeirousia micrantha
Lapeirousia micrantha Lapeirousia micrantha

Habitat

Rocky sandstone soils in fynbos

Altitude

Flowering time

October to November, only after fire

Description

Plants 15-35cm high. Corm with rough blackish tunics. Leaves falcate (sickle-shaped), 8-16mm wide, margins crisped. Flowers cream to maroon, strongly fragrant, in a flat-topped panicle, actinomorphic(radially symmetrical), small. Perianth tube cylindrical, 8-10mm long, tepals subequal, 3-5mm long. From: Jean de la Peyrouse, d. 1788, French navigator, explorer and naturalist. micranthus - tiny flower.

          

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2013 / 5 / 23