Marlothistella stenophylla (L. Bolus) S.A.Hammer

Publication: Bradleya 13: 87 (1995)

Description

It is a perennial sub-tuberous shrubby species with thin fingerlike leaves.

Root: Turnip-like, fleshy.

Leaves: Trigonous to more or less half-cylindrical, acuminate smooth, punctate, only 2-3 mm broad and thick up to 50 mm long.

Flowers: Up to 35 mm in diameter. Petals pinkish-purple 16 mm long.

Fruit: 5-locular.

Origin and Habitat

Joubertina, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Habitat: Grows in grassland with Acacia-schrub, rain at all seasons.

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