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Pancratium

Photo by C.Sydes
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Field Notes

Description:

Monocotyledon, geophyte, short flowering period rain dependent. Attractive white flowers with elongated corolla tubes arise singly from the subterranean bulb.

Habitat:

in open grassy area between bushes on sandy soil. Vegetation type bushveld; climate hot, arid with summer rainfall (450mm p.a.) and dry winters. Max summer temperatures touching 40C, minimum winter temps can fall below zero although not experienced every year.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)
Ashish
Can you check similarity with Pancratium triflorum
Dan Doucette
No problem Peter. I hope your team can resolve the issue.
peter
Thanks for pointing this out, Dan. It's definitely not Christine's fault. It's an issue we've been having on and off. I'm having our technical team look into it.
Ashish
Very close to Pancratium sanctae marie in India..!!
Dan Doucette
Cool plant. There's a bit of a problem with all 3 photos loading though.

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Flowering plants of Botswana

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PublishedJune 11, 2011

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