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Veltheimia bracteata - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Veltheimia bracteata - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1291
Date of entry: 07.05.2010
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Forest lily

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2728)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2642)

    Class: Liliopsida (399)

      Order: Liliales (112)

        Family: Liliaceae (37)(family description)

          Genus: Veltheimia (1)

            Epithet: bracteata Harv. ex Baker (1)

bracteata => having prominent bracts

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet, pink

External links

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