Bontrokkie .
Hesperantha falcata (L.f.) Ker Gawl.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Cape Prov.
[Includes 1 image].
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:438121-1
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Illustrated in Mary Maytham Kidd, 150 (1996)
Redlist Link: http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=1533-19
South African endemic
Flowering: Jul-Oct
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Fernkloof link: https://www.fernkloof.org.za/index.php/all-plants/plant-families/item/hesperantha-falcata
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PBS: https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/HesperanthaThree#falcata
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Operation Wildflower: https://www.operationwildflower.org.za/index.php/albums/genera-g-h/hesperantha/hesperantha-falcata-judd-1-4099#
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JSTOR compilation: https://plants.jstor.org/compilation/Hesperantha.falcata
KEW Herbweb (one of many) Specimen K000320541
Current name Hesperantha falcata
Collector & no: Schlechter, F.R.R. 5261
http://www.kew.org/herbcatimg/177115.jpg
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Look-up: STRELITZIA 29 (2012) page 147 HESPERANTHA
https://www.sanbi.org/sites/default/files/documents/documents/strelitzia-29-2012.pdf
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Compare Geissorhiza /
HESPERANTHA - The style dividing at apex of the perianth tube or within tube, branches long and laxly spreading.
Geissorhiza - Style usually dividing well above mouth of perianth tube, branches relatively short and recurved - Strelitzia-29-2012

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