Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Perennial herb with round-based corms, bearing membranous to fibrous tunics. Leaves few, the cauline lanceolate, plicate. Stem flattened, winged, unbranched. Inflorescence a spike, bearing fairly large green bracts. Flowers actinomorphic, white; tube long. Stamens included within the tube. Style filiform, with 3 branches, each branch deeply forked. Capsule oblong.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Savannosiphon Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1851
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
