Derivation of specific name
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vulgare: vulgar, common, usual
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ornithoglossum vulgare B. Nord. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=113120
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Perennial herb, up to c. 70 cm tall, growing from a ovoid-oblong corm, up to 30 cm below the surface. Leaves up to 12, usually 4-7, erect, spreading or recurved, linear-lanceolate, 10 - 30 cm long, blue-green, waxy. Inflorescence 5 - 30 cm long, up to c. 25-flowered. Flowers purplish-brown, to dark purple-red, rarely yellow; base of the filaments green, upper part and anthers brown. Pedicels and tepals spreading at first, later reflexed. Ovary green, 3-lobed, c. 2 × 2 cm enlarging soon. Capsule globose, 15 × 10 mm, bluntly 3-lobed at the apex.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ornithoglossum vulgare B. Nord. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=113120
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Botswana, Namibia, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ornithoglossum vulgare B. Nord. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=113120
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Ornithoglossum vulgare: Brief Summary
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Ornithoglossum vulgare (Afrikaans: slangkop) is a lily characterized by blueish to grey-green, boat-shaped leaves, which clasp the stem and an attractive flower arrangement. The plant usually grows to about 30cm high, but can grow taller if it receives more moisture.
Ornithoglossum vulgare is widely distributed throughout the arid and semi-arid areas of Namibia, South Africa and East Africa. It is absent from the very northern part of Namibia. In Namibia, this plant occurs mainly on plains, but is occasionally also found on rocky slopes.
This bulb is toxic and can be a problem in rangelands.
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