Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
saltii: named after Henry Salt (1780-1827), a British traveller in Abyssinia
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Trachyandra saltii (Baker) Oberm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=113220
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Tufted perennial herb, growing from a small vertical rhizome. Leaves grass-like, filiform to linear, up to 60 cm, hairless or with long spreading hairs, mixed with shorter hairs. Inflorescences 1-6 racemes, many-flowered, up to 50 cm tall. Flowers white, c. 20 mm in diameter. Fruit a capsule, subspherical or somewhat 3-lobed, c. 5 mm in diameter, hairless, pale green to brownish.
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- cc-by-nc
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Trachyandra saltii (Baker) Oberm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=113220
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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From Ethiopia through E Africa to Namibia, Botswana and S Africa as far as the Eastern Cape
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- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Trachyandra saltii (Baker) Oberm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=113220
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
