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Sparaxis auriculata

Sparaxis auriculata
Common names: Matsikamma sparaxis, ear satinflower (Eng.), fluweelblom, fluweeltjie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... thanks Ismail Ebrahim and Alice Notten for the images. Sparaxis auriculata is a herbaceous, perennial bulbous plant ... species can be distinguished from other similar species of Sparaxis by the longer and larger style that splits just ... anthers, the branches arching over and beyond the anthers. Sparaxis auriculata is found in the northern Western Cape in ...

27 / 11 / 2023 | Sisipho Mqungguthu | Karoo Desert NBG
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Sparaxis elegans

Sparaxis elegans
Common names: Cape buttercup, sparaxis, pale harlequin flower (Eng.); spogfluweeltjie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... With thanks to Eugene Marinus for the images. June 2014   Sparaxis elegans is a geophytic perennial plant reaching ... as a spike (Goldblatt & Manning 2013). The flowers of Sparaxis elegans are predominantly salmon-pink or white, ... release spherical seeds that flaunt a glossy-red colour. Sparaxis elegans is endemic to the GCFR of the Western Cape, ...

09 / 06 / 2014 | Brittany Arendse | CREW
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Sparaxis maculosa

In flower
Common names: Cape buttercup, sparaxis, wandflower (Eng.); botterblom, ferweel, ferweeltjie, fluweeltjie, geelkalkoentjie, geelkalossie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... Custodians of Rare and Endangered Wildflowers March 2008 Sparaxis maculosa is a deciduous geophytic plant, its ... en masse in early September. Unlike its closest ally, Sparaxis fragrans, S. maculosa is unscented. S. fragrans has ... maroon mark in the lower third of each tepal. The genus Sparaxis occurs only in the Cape and includes fifteen ...

17 / 03 / 2008 | Caitlin Von Witt | CREW
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Sparaxis grandiflora subsp. grandiflora

Flower showing vertical anthers and style  to one side
Common names: Cape buttercup, sparaxis (Eng.); botterblom, ferweel, ferweeltjie, fluweeltjie, perskalkoentjie, perskalossie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... of Rare and Endangered Wildflowers (CREW) August 2006 Sparaxis grandiflora subsp. grandiflora is a deciduous ... rapidly from seed and can live for approximately 10 years. Sparaxis grandiflora subsp. grandiflora is found on ... Goldblatt et al . (2000) found the pollination systems of Sparaxis grandiflora (as well as S. bulbifera and S. fragrans ...

14 / 08 / 2006 | Caitlin Von Witt | CREW
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