PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / ASPARAGALES / HYACINTHACEAE / SCILLOIDEAE / MASSONIEAE / LACHENALIA / LACHENALIA / ALOIDES
Geophyte, 90-250 mm high. Bulb ovoid, 10-20 mm in diameter, offset- and bulbil-forming, white; tunic multilayered, outer layers dark brown; inner cataphyll translucent green, loosely surrounding leaf bases, apex obtuse. Leaves 2, occasionally 1, narrowly lanceolate, 80-200 x 6-40 mm, spreading to suberect, canaliculate, glaucous or bright green, upper surface with faintly depressed longitudinal grooves, plain or heavily marked with green, brownish-magenta or purple blotches, midrib distinct on lower surface; leaf margins slightly coriaceous; leaf bases clasping, 10-60 mm long, white to light green, occasionally speckled with magenta; primary seedling leaf terete, erect. Inflorescence racemose, few- to many-flowered, lax, sterile apex short; scape erect, 60-140 mm long, lax to sturdy, light green, plain or heavily marked with large brownish-magenta blotches; rachis light green in lower two thirds, plain or with brownish-magenta blotches, upper third bright red, greenish-yellow or reddish-orange; pedicels 4-5 mm long, spreading or suberect, light green in lower part of inflorescence, reddish-orange or yellowish-orange above; bracts ovate at base of inflorescence, becoming lanceolate above, 2-6 x 1-3 mm, translucent white or light green. Perianth zygomorphic, tubular, pendulous; tube cylindrical, bright yellow or deep orange-red, 8-9 mm long; outer tepals oblong, 15-17 x 7-8 mm, bright yellow to greenish-yellow, plain or with bright reddish-orange bases; apical gibbosities prominent, bright green; inner tepals oblong obovate, 26-28 x 8-10 mm, bright yellow to greenish-yellow, apices spreading, broad, deep red or purplish red, margins white. Stamens included, straight; filaments yellowish-white, 25-27 mm long, pollen yellow. Ovary ellipsoid, 4-5 x 2-3 mm, light green; style straight, yellowish-white, 24-25 mm long, sturdy, thicker than filaments. Capsule ellipsoid, 9-14 x 5-9 mm. Seed globose, 1.1-1.3 x 1.2-1.4 mm glossy, black; strophiole inflated, 1.1-1.2 mm long, smooth. From: Duncan, GD. 2012. The genus Lachenalia. Bot. Mag. Monogr., Vol. 34. Kew Publishing, Kew. [All rights reserved]
Bulbous geophyte, 5-31 cm. Leaves 1 or 2, lanceolate or lorate, plain or densely spotted with green or purple. Flowers on long pedicels, nodding, cylindrical, combinations of orange, red, yellow or greenish blue, with greenish markings, anthers included. From: Duncan, GD. 2012. Hyacinthaceae: Lachenalia J.Jacq. ex Murray. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 106-111. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
In small clumps within larger colonies on north- and west-facing decomposing granite slopes, in gravelly sand or acid humus, in full sun or light shade, and in association with low succulent scrub and spring-flowering annuals. From: Duncan, GD. 2012. The genus Lachenalia. Bot. Mag. Monogr., Vol. 34. Kew Publishing, Kew. [All rights reserved]
Granite and sandstone outcrops. From: Duncan, GD. 2012. Hyacinthaceae: Lachenalia J.Jacq. ex Murray. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 106-111. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Is restricted to three locations ongranite hillsides; on the Klein Dassenberg Range near Atlantis in the Philadelphia District north of Cape Town, between Wellington and Malmesbury, and near Durbanville to the east of Cape Town. From: Duncan, GD. 2012. The genus Lachenalia. Bot. Mag. Monogr., Vol. 34. Kew Publishing, Kew. [All rights reserved]
Lambert's Bay to Bredasdorp. From: Duncan, GD. 2012. Hyacinthaceae: Lachenalia J.Jacq. ex Murray. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 106-111. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
May to October
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Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature
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Names and Sources
Published in: Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2(18): 321 (1899)
Type: South Africa, Cape, precise locality and collector unknown, figure in N.J. Jacquin, Icones Plantarum Rariorum 1(1): t.61 (1781) (neo.) Neotype designated by Duncan, The Genus Lachenalia: 139 (2012).
Phormium aloides L.f.
Published in: Suppl. Pl.: 205 (1782)
Lachenalia aloides (L.f.) Pers., nom.inval.
Published in: Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 377 (1805)
Lachenalia aloides (L.f.) Hort. ex Asch. & Graebn.
Published in: Syn. Mitt. Flora 3: 279 (1905)
Lachenalia tricolor Jacq.
Published in: Nov. Act. Helv. 1: 39 (1787)
Lachenalia tricolor Thunb., nom.illegit.
Published in: Prod. Pl. Cap.: 64 (1794)
Type: unknown
| Common name | Language | Reference/barcode | Published as |
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| geelnaels | Afrikaans | Phillips, EP; Smith, CA; Van Hoepen, E. 1966. Common names of South African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. South Africa 35: 1-642. Government Printer, Pretoria. |
Lachenalia tricolor Thunb. [1] |
| geelnaeltjies | Afrikaans | Phillips, EP; Smith, CA; Van Hoepen, E. 1966. Common names of South African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. South Africa 35: 1-642. Government Printer, Pretoria. |
Lachenalia tricolor Thunb. [1] |
| geelviooltjie | Afrikaans | Phillips, EP; Smith, CA; Van Hoepen, E. 1966. Common names of South African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. South Africa 35: 1-642. Government Printer, Pretoria. |
Lachenalia tricolor Thunb. [1] |
| klipbelletjie | Afrikaans | Phillips, EP; Smith, CA; Van Hoepen, E. 1966. Common names of South African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. South Africa 35: 1-642. Government Printer, Pretoria. |
Lachenalia tricolor Thunb. [1] |
| klipkalossie | Afrikaans | Phillips, EP; Smith, CA; Van Hoepen, E. 1966. Common names of South African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. South Africa 35: 1-642. Government Printer, Pretoria. |
Lachenalia tricolor Thunb. [1] |
| sissie | Afrikaans | Phillips, EP; Smith, CA; Van Hoepen, E. 1966. Common names of South African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. South Africa 35: 1-642. Government Printer, Pretoria. |
Lachenalia tricolor Thunb. [1] |
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Asparagales
FAMILY Hyacinthaceae
SUBFAMILY Scilloideae
TRIBE Massonieae
GENUS Lachenalia
SUBGENUS Lachenalia
SPECIES aloides
16 results for Lachenalia aloides (L.f.) Engl.
Barcode: NBG0127446-0 Collector(s) & number: Duncan, GD, 88 | 1983-7-1
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0140216-0 Collector(s) & number: Duncan, GD, 282 | 1987-7-10
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0273734-0 Collector(s) & number: Nicholson, G, 216 | 2011-7-25
General notes: Fynbos biome. Boland Granite Fynbos vegetation. Moderate, mountain slope. Well-drained, sandy, rocky soil. Granite. Full sun. W aspect. No biotic effect seen. Geophyte. Small bulb with brown sheath, purple speckled leaf. Flowers red to yellow. Plant height ±15 cm. Occuring in cracks between rocks in large numbers.
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Barcode: NBG0279410-0 Collector(s) & number: Unknown, N.B.G. 226/32 | 1934-7-30
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Barcode: NBG0179338-0 Collector(s) & number: Duncan, GD, 282 | 1987-7-10
General notes: In cracks of granite outcrop, moist humus-rich soil. Specimen ex cultivation, Kirstenbosch nursery.
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Barcode: NBG0276316-0 Collector(s) & number: Duncan, GD, 282 | 1987-7-10
General notes: On granite slopes, growing in rock crevices. Plentiful, in full flower. Flower colour variable within the population.
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2012
1966
1925
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
Lachenalia tricolor Thunb. var. luteola Baker Phillips, EP; Gower, SIFlowering Plants of South Africa 5: , t.166
No results found for Lachenalia aloides (L.f.) Engl.
Status and criteria
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