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Stace, C.A. (2010) New Flora of the British Isles. 3rd edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Erect herbaceous perennials with corms and long wiry stems. Leaves Iris-like. Inflorescence a spike or a raceme of spikes; flowers actinomorphic; tepals united proximally into a tube, white, yellow or red. Fruit a capsule, splitting along the centre of ovary cells. Worldwide: Over 50 species, native to South Africa. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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