Species Hesperantha spicata
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Hesperantha:
Gk. hesperos = evening; anthos = flower. Many flowers open late in the day, toward evening, Afrikaans aandblom = evening bloom/flower.
Etymology of spicata:
From the Latin spicatus = ‘spiked’
Scientific name:
Hesperantha spicata (Burm. f.) N.E. Br.
Common names:
Kaneeltjie
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Synonym of:
Unknown
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Synonym status:
Cormous geophyte, 12--35 cm, corm with flat base. Leaves terete and hollow or lanceolate to falcate and margins sometimes crisped. Flowers small, white, dark on reverse, sweetly cinnamon-scented especially in the evening. Aug.--Sept. Clay and sandy soils, NW, SW (Piketberg to Cape Peninsula).
Observations of Taxon
Hesperantha spicata
Locality:
Name of observer:
Lynda de Wet (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
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