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Stace, C.A. (2010) New Flora of the British Isles. 3rd edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Evergreen perennial herbs, clump-forming with stout, scaly rhizome, usually on the soil surface, glabrous. Leaves spirally arranged rosette, large, simple, thick, margins serrate or crenate. Inflorescence a many-flowered panicle on the erect leafless stem; flowers perigynous with cup-shaped hypanthium; sepals 5; petals 5, pink. Fruit a capsule with 2 follicles. Worldwide: 10 species native to central Asia. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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