Species Polyxena ensifolia
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Etymology of Polyxena:
For Polyxena, the name of a daughter of Priam, the last king of Troy and his queen, Hecuba.
Etymology of ensifolia:
Latin meaning sword-shaped leaves
Scientific name:
Polyxena ensifolia (Thunb.) Schönland
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Protologue:
Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 1: 443 (1910)
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1910
Short-stemmed bulbous geophyte to 5 cm. Leaves 2, spreading to prostrate, lanceolate to ovate, 10--25 mm wide. Flowers corymbose, clustered between the leaves, white to mauve or pale blue, perianth tube slender, longer than tepals, 10--25 mm long, filaments 4--6.5 mm long, anthers exserted. Apr.--June. Clay or granite flats, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (Namaqualand and W Karoo to Port Elizabeth).
Observations of Taxon
Polyxena ensifolia
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Name of observer:
Barbara Jeppe (David)
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Polyxena ensifolia
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Name of observer:
Barbara Jeppe (David)
Date observed:
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Polyxena ensifolia
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Name of observer:
Barbara Jeppe (David)
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Polyxena ensifolia
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Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
27/08/2012 - 3:27pm
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Polyxena ensifolia
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Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
05/09/2012 - 12:16pm
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