Biology:Eriospermum exile

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Eriospermum exile
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Nolinoideae
Genus: Eriospermum
Species:
E. exile
Binomial name
Eriospermum exile
Perry

Eriospermum exile is a species of geophytic plant of the genus Eriospermum, indigenous to South Africa .

Description

This species has a single, erect, slender, linear to lanceolate leaf (125mm long and 8mm wide). The leaf has a very thin stalk (petiole).

The tuber is pear-shaped and white inside.

Distribution and habitat

It is indigenous to Beaufort group shales or quartzite, rocky soils, often on sheltered south-east facing slopes, in the Robertson Karoo, Little Karoo and western Great Karoo regions of South Africa . It occurs from Worcester in the west, eastwards as far as the town of De Rust.[1][2]

References

  1. Perry, P.L. (1994) A Revision of the Genus Eriospermum (Eriospermaceae). Bolus Herbarium, University of Cape Town.
  2. Distribution

Wikidata ☰ Q15512294 entry