PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / ASPARAGALES / HYACINTHACEAE / SCILLOIDEAE / MASSONIEAE / LACHENALIA / LACHENALIA / FLAVA
Geophyte, 190-250 mm high. Bulb globose, 15-20 mm in diameter, offset-forming; tunic multilayered, outer layers dark brown, spongy; inner cataphyll translucent white, adhering to leaf bases, apex obtuse. Leaves 2, lanceolate, 85-120 x 12-30 mm, spreading to suberect, light green, slightly canaliculate, upper surface plain or light marked with dark green or light to dark brownish-maroon blotches; leaf margins flat to slightly undulate; leaf bases clasping, 10-40 mm long; primary seedling leaf flat, prostrate. Inflorescence racemose, many-flowered, sterile apex long; scape erect, 110-170 mm long, dull purple to maroon, or light green with large purple blotches, covered with a delicate waxy bloom; rachis erect, light green, or dull purple to maroon, apex light to bright golden orange, rarely light yellow; pedicels suberect, 5-7 mm long, light golden yellow to greenish-yellow; lower bracts ovate, becoming lanceolate above, 3-7 x 1-4 mm, dark golden yellow, purple or green, apices purple. Perianth zygomorphic, tubular, dark golden yellow or orange, rarely light yellow, pendulous; tube cylindrical, 6 mm long; outer tepals oblong, 13-18 x 7-9 mm, apical gibbosities dark golden orange or bright green; inner tepals oblong obovate, 26-28 x 9-12 mm, protruding well beyond outer tepals, apices slightly to widely spreading. Stamens included, straight; filaments white to light yellowish-orange, 21-28 mm long. Ovary ellipsoid, 4-5 x 3-4 mm, light green; style included, straight, 20-25 mm long, light yellowish-orange. Capsule ellipsoid, 9-11 x 4-5 mm. Seed globose, 1.1-1.3 x 1.1-1.3 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]
Occurs on both sandstone and shale substrates. From: Duncan, GD. 2012. The genus Lachenalia. Bot. Mag. Monogr., Vol. 34. Kew Publishing, Kew. [All rights reserved]
Restricted to the middle and upper slopes of the Bainskloof Mountains west of Worcester, and to a hillside at relatively low altitude between Wolseley and Tulbagh, and also recorded from Paarl Mountain. From: Duncan, GD. 2012. The genus Lachenalia. Bot. Mag. Monogr., Vol. 34. Kew Publishing, Kew. [All rights reserved]
July to October
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
This is a sensitive species therefore data has been redacted, click here to login.
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
FSA
SA
BOT
NAM
ESW
LES
WC
EC
NC
FS
GA
KZN
LP
MP
NW
Absent
Indigenous
Endemic
Naturalised
Invasive
Names and Sources
Published in: Bot. Repos.: t. 456 (1807)
Type: South Africa, Cape, precise locality and collector unknown, figure in Andrews, The Botanist's Repository 7: t.456 (1807) (lecto.). Lectotype designated by Duncan, The Genus Lachenalia: 146 (2012).
Lachenalia tricolor Thunb. var. luteola Ker Gawl.
Published in: Curtis Bot. Mag. 26: t.1020 (1807)
Type: South Africa, Cape, precise locality and collector unknown, figure in Curtis Botanical Magazine 26: t.1020 (1807) (lecto.). Lectotype designated by Duncan, The Genus Lachenalia: 146 (2012).
Lachenalia quadricolor Jacq. var. lutea Sims
Published in: Curtis Bot. Mag. 61: t.1704 (1815)
Type: South Africa, Cape, precise locality and collector unknown, figure in Curtis Botanical Magazine 61: t.1704 (1815) (lecto.) Lectotype designated by Duncan, The Genus Lachenalia: 146 (2012).
Lachenalia macrophylla Lem.
Published in: Ill. Hort. 2: 99 (1855)
Type: South Africa, Cape, precise locality and collector unknown, figure in Curtis Botanical Magazine 61: t.1704 (1815) (lecto.) Lectotype designated by Duncan, The Genus Lachenalia: 146 (2012).
Lachenalia aurea Lindl.
Published in: Gard. Chron, ser.1: 404 (1856)
Type: South Africa, Cape, precise locality and collector unknown, figure in The Gardiner's Chronicle, ser.1: 404 (1856) (lecto.). Lectotype designated by Duncan, The Genus Lachenalia: 146 (2012).
Lachenalia tricolor Thunb. var. aurea (Lindl.) Hook.f., p.p.
Published in: Curtis Bot. Mag. 118: t.5992 (1872)
Lachenalia tricolor Thunb. var. aurea (Lindl.) Baker
Published in: Fl. Cap. (Thiselton-Dyer) 6: 424 (1897)
Lachenalia aloides (L.f.) Engl. var. aurea (Lindl.) Engl.
Published in: Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2(18): 321 (1899)
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Asparagales
FAMILY Hyacinthaceae
SUBFAMILY Scilloideae
TRIBE Massonieae
GENUS Lachenalia
SUBGENUS Lachenalia
SPECIES flava
15 results for Lachenalia flava Andrews
Barcode: NBG0179339-0 Collector(s) & number: Duncan, GD, 363 | 1992-10-3
General notes: In sandstone, light shade. Specimen ex cultivation, Kirstenbosch nursery.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0833898-0 Collector(s) & number: Forsyth, GG, 480 | 1987-8-16
General notes: Det: N.L. Meyer
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0047493-0 Collector(s) & number: Thomson, JB, PRE 35574 | 1881-9-
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0047494-0 Collector(s) & number: Van der Merwe, FZ, PRE 35575 | 1937-10-
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0833832-0 Collector(s) & number: Barker, WF, 4241 | 1946-10-20
General notes: Flowers orange yellow.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
This is a sensitive species therefore data has been redacted, click here to login.
2012
No results found for Lachenalia flava Andrews
| Part(s) of plant used | Use(s) | Reference |
|---|
Coming soon...
