Dierama
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Dierama (a funnel, alluding to shape of fls.). Iridaceae. S. African cormous plants, related to Sparaxis and Ixia. Fls. large, white to purple and red, in panicled spikes: lvs. long, linear, rigid: perianth short- tubed, expanded at throat, with oblong nearly equal segms.; stamens 3, inserted on the perianth throat; ovary 3-celled, oblong, with many ovules, the style exserted: fr. a 3-valved caps. There are 2 or 3 species, of which D. pulcherrima, Baker, was intro. into S. Calif. many years ago: scape 2-6 ft., with remote branches: lvs. narrow-sword-shaped and with a very slender point: fls. 1½ in. long, pendulous, blood-red- purple, bell-shaped. B.M. 5555 (as Sparaxis pulcherrima). Requires the treatment given Ixia. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963