Crinum buphanoides
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Full name: | Crinum buphanoides Welw. ex Baker |
| Location: | Kyffhäuser (2416AD + 2416CB) |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Sand lelie |
| English common name(s): | Sand lily, Boophane crinum lily |
| Synonym(s): | Crinum leucophyllum Baker |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Bulb 5–6 in. diam.. Leaves ensiform, firm in texture, 1.25–1.5 ft. long, 2–2.5 in. broad at the middle, tapering gradually to the point, ciliate on the edges with minute lanceolate scales. Peduncle moderately stout, 1 ft. long. Flowers 30–40 in an umbel; spathe-valves deltoid, deciduous; pedicels 1–1.5 in. long. Perianth-tube erect, 3–4 in. long; segments linear, 2–2.5 in. long, 0.25 in. broad, white keeled with red. Filaments nearly as long as the segments; anthers linear, 0.333 in. long. Style as long as the segments. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora of Tropical Africa) Perennial herb, growing from a large bulb 10-15 cm wide. Leaves distichous, sheathing at the base forming a distinct false stem up to 30 cm high. Widest leaves 6.5-14 cm broad getting narrower with the uppermost only c. 1 cm broad; margin ciliate; most leaves usually dying off at the apex. Flowering stem robust, 35-45 cm long. Spathe valves c. 10 cm long, reflexed. Inflorescence 13-40-flowered; pedicels 1.5-4.5 cm long; tube slender, 7-12 cm long; perianth segments linear c. 6-7 cm long and 1 cm wide, recurved, white to pink;stames arcuate, erect reddish in the upper portion and anthers yellow; style deep red in upper part. Fruit distinctly beaked. (from Flora of Botswana website) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Photographer: | AA Dreyer |
| Date of photograph: | 21 Mar 2008 |
| Camera make: | Canon |
| Camera model: | PowerShot A700 |
| Lens aperture: | f/4.0 |
| Shutter speed: | 1/500 s |
| ISO speed: | - |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
