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Accession Data

Drimiopsis botryoides

Common Name: Giant Squill, Measles Leaf

Family: Asparagaceae

Country of Origin: S. Ethiopia to Tanzania

Description: Herb to 60 cm tall; leaves cordate or lanceolate, spotted or not, to 45x1,5-7,5 cm; inflorescence spicate or racemose; pedicels 0-3 mm long; perianth segments white to greenish white, to 6 mm long; outer segments spreading, inner ones connivent and usually wider than the outer; filaments flattened, triangular and united with the perianth segments at their base; capsule subglobose, c. 5 mm Ø. 3

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 10-11

Accession #: 200100038

Accession Date: 2001-03-30

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1107

Quantity: 3

Source: Cheryl Hearty - Vassar College

Culture: Party shade, well drained, moist soil.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: monocots

Order: Asparagales

Family: Asparagaceae

SubFamily: Scilloideae

Tribe: Hyacintheae

SubTribe: Massoniinae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 11 February 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 11 February 2015.
  3. African Plants Database (Ver 3.4.0), Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed 15 February 2015.
  4. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.

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Drimiopsis botryoides