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Sandersonia Hook.Colchicaceae (Liliaceae s.l.) |
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Common names
Chinese lantern lily, christmas bells Species cultivated
Sandersonia aurantiaca Hook. (genus of only one species) Origin
South Africa. Brief characterization
Linear to linear-lanceolate, alternate leaves, sometimes with awn or tendril at apex; solitary, orange, pendent, urceolate flowers, hanging from long (2-3 cm), arching pedicels in upper leaf axils; perianth of 6 fused tepals with very short, triangular, recurved lobes, and with 6 short spurs at its base; stamens 6, equal, included. Cultivar and/or species variation
Few cultivars. Countries exporting
South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.  |
