Dipcadi glaucum (Ker Gawl.) Baker
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By layby at Mbembesi River bridge, Bulawayo - Vic Falls road.
Photo: Bart Wursten
By layby at Mbembesi River bridge, Bulawayo - Vic Falls road.
Photo: Bart Wursten
By layby at Mbembesi River bridge, Bulawayo - Vic Falls road.
Photo: Bart Wursten
By layby at Mbembesi River bridge, Bulawayo - Vic Falls road.
Photo: Bart Wursten
By layby at Mbembesi River bridge, Bulawayo - Vic Falls road.
Photo: Bart Wursten
By layby at Mbembesi River bridge, Bulawayo - Vic Falls road.
Photo: Bart Wursten
By layby at Mbembesi River bridge, Bulawayo - Vic Falls road.
Photo: Bart Wursten
By layby at Mbembesi River bridge, Bulawayo - Vic Falls road.
Photo: Bart Wursten
B8 road through Bwabwata near Mwitiku
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Along Mulungushi River, Chibombo Distr., Central Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Along Mulungushi River, Chibombo Distr., Central Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Along Mulungushi River, Chibombo Distr., Central Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Along Mulungushi River, Chibombo Distr., Central Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Along Mulungushi River, Chibombo Distr., Central Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Along Mulungushi River, Chibombo Distr., Central Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Along Mulungushi River, Chibombo Distr., Central Province
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Synonyms:
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Dipcadi gracilipes Krause Dipcadi longibracteatum Schinz Dipcadi magnum Baker Ornithogalum magnum (Baker) J.C. Manning & Goldblatt Urginea lorata Baker Uropetalon glaucum Ker Gawl.
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Robust annual herb, up to 120 cm tall, growing from a brow bulb c. 4 cm in diameter. Leaves 4-9, strap-shaped, up to 45 cm long and 4 or more cm wide, distinctly blue-green and covered in a fine waxy, whitish powder. Inflorescence laxly many-flowered with pedicels up to 7 cm long, spiralling, not secund. Flowers green, c. 1.5 cm long excluding appendages; outer tepals with caudate appendages up to 8 mm long. Capsules subglobose, 3-lobed, c. 15 × 20 mm. |
Notes:
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A robust species with broad leaves and a distinctly blue-green (glaucous) appearance. The flowers often have long pedicels and are spiralled on the peduncle, not secund as in many other species. |
Derivation of specific name:
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glaucum: glaucous, bluish-green |
Habitat:
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On wet, sandy or clay soils around pans and in grassy depressions, also along road sides. |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. |
Botswana distribution:
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Content last updated: |
Wednesday 25 January 2017 |
Literature:
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Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 96. (Includes a picture).
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 91.
Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 122.
van der Walt, R. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Limpopo Valley Retha van der Walt, Musina, South Africa Page 345. (Includes a picture).
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2024).
Flora of Botswana: Species information: Dipcadi glaucum. https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=114320, retrieved 2 May 2024
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