Cyphia bulbosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Campanulaceae |
Genus: | Cyphia |
Species: | C. bulbosa
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Binomial name | |
Cyphia bulbosa (L.) P.J.Bergius
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Cyphia bulbosa, also known by its common name Bulb Baroe, is a species of flowering plant from the genus Cyphia. [2]
This geophyte grows to be up to 12–30 cm (4.7–11.8 in) tall. [3] The leaves are mostly basal and grade into bracts up the stem. [4] The deeply dissected leaves have a palmatisect or palmatifid shape and are paler on the underside. [4] [5]
Flowers are present between August and November. They range from white to mauve in colour and are borne in racemes. [4] Each flower is 8–13 mm (0.31–0.51 in) long and is surrounded by a toothed or lobed bract. [4] [5] As with other species in the genus, the style has a fluid filled stigmatic cavity rather than free stigma. [5] It has two bearded anthers on the 6 mm (0.24 in) long stamens. [4] The triangular calyx lobes have round interspaces. [5]
The fat, oval-shaped seeds have narrow wings. [3]
This species is endemic to South Africa. It is found on sandy and stony flats and slopes between the Cedarberg Mountains and the Cape Peninsula. [4] It is common in Cape Town. [3]
Cyphia bulbosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Campanulaceae |
Genus: | Cyphia |
Species: | C. bulbosa
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Binomial name | |
Cyphia bulbosa (L.) P.J.Bergius
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Cyphia bulbosa, also known by its common name Bulb Baroe, is a species of flowering plant from the genus Cyphia. [2]
This geophyte grows to be up to 12–30 cm (4.7–11.8 in) tall. [3] The leaves are mostly basal and grade into bracts up the stem. [4] The deeply dissected leaves have a palmatisect or palmatifid shape and are paler on the underside. [4] [5]
Flowers are present between August and November. They range from white to mauve in colour and are borne in racemes. [4] Each flower is 8–13 mm (0.31–0.51 in) long and is surrounded by a toothed or lobed bract. [4] [5] As with other species in the genus, the style has a fluid filled stigmatic cavity rather than free stigma. [5] It has two bearded anthers on the 6 mm (0.24 in) long stamens. [4] The triangular calyx lobes have round interspaces. [5]
The fat, oval-shaped seeds have narrow wings. [3]
This species is endemic to South Africa. It is found on sandy and stony flats and slopes between the Cedarberg Mountains and the Cape Peninsula. [4] It is common in Cape Town. [3]