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Published In: Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 54: 199. 1929. (J. Roy. Hort. Soc.) Name publication detail
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/6/2016)
Acceptance : Accepted
Taxon Profile     (Last Modified On 12/14/2016)
Description: Plants 1.1–2.7 mm high, forming large clumps. Corm 35–40 mm diam. Stem with lowermost peduncle 45–100(–140) mm long. Foliage leaves many, 550–1 500 × 5–15 mm; reduced sheathing leaves ± 5. Spikes pendulous or sometimes suberect, terminal 7–16-flowered, laterals 6–11 or more by compounding, each 5–16-flowered; bracts elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, (13–)18–27 × 7–10 mm, ± 2 internodes long, white or very lightly flecked but appearing white, lateral veins 4 or 5 each side of main vein. Flowers funnel–bell-shaped, pale to deep pink or rarely dark wine-red; perianth tube (5–)8–10 mm long; tepals (12–)14–23 × (5–)6–10 mm. Anthers (7–)8–10 mm long. Stigmas held 2–10 mm below top of perianth. Flowering time: October to May.
Country: South Africa
South African Province: Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal
Distribution and ecology: extending from central KwaZulu-Natal to Umtata in Eastern Cape; in open grassland, from ± 600–2 100 m.
Diagnosis: characterized by the conspicuously clumped habit, typically broad leaves, 5–15 mm wide, and pink or rarely dark wine-red flowers with white or faintly speckled bracts. Dark-flowered plants are sympatric with Dierama reynoldsii but that species grows as solitary stems or with up to three stems in small tufts, with narrower leaves 3–6 mm wide.

 
 
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