Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Evergreen, perennial herbs, dying back each year, with
corms, these coarsely fibrous. Inflorescence composed of spikes in a
lax panicle; spikes pendulous, rarely erect (D.
plowesii), terminal on wiry, lateral branches. Flowers
actinomorphic, campanulate, pink, pendent (apart from D.
plowesii). Bracts scarious. Tepals with a short perianth
tube. Stamens and style not exserted beyond the tepals. Fruit a
capsule.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Dierama Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=386
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
