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Ferraria macrochlamys (Baker) Goldblatt & J.C. Manning subsp. macrochlamys

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Taxon Profile (Last Modified On 6/21/2016)

Description: Leaf blades in upper half serpentine, thus loosely folded back on themselves in concertina fashion; outer spathes sheathing for most of their length and ± two thirds as long as inner; outer tepals 25–28 mm long; filament column 10–11 mm long.

Country: South Africa

South African Province: Northern Cape

Distribution and ecology: restricted to central Namaqualand, subsp. macrochlamys extends from Steinkopf in the north to Garies in the south and inland to the northern Kamiesberg. Plants grow in gritty to loamy granite-derived soils.

Diagnosis: most distinctive of the three subspecies, subsp. macrochlamys stands out in its spreading leaves with thickened margins that are crenate or crisped and sometimes velvety. The flowers often serve to distinguish it from subsp. serpentina in their slightly larger size, but that difference is not consistent, hence unreliable. Subsp. macrochlamys is always acaulescent, whereas subsp. serpentina, in years of ample rainfall, develops an aerial stem rendering it quite different in general appearance.