Cyphia bulbosa
| Cyphia bulbosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Genus: | Cyphia |
| Species: | C. bulbosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyphia bulbosa (L.) P.J.Bergius
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Cyphia bulbosa, also known by its common name Bulb Baroe, is a species of flowering plant from the genus Cyphia.[2]
Description
This geophyte grows to be up to 12–30 cm (4.7–11.8 in) tall.[3] The leaves are mostly basal and grade into bracts up the stem.[4] The deeply dissected leaves have a palmatisect or palmatifid shape and are paler on the underside.[4][5]
Flowers are present between August and November. They range from white to mauve in colour and are borne in racemes.[4] Each flower is 8–13 mm (0.31–0.51 in) long and is surrounded by a toothed or lobed bract.[4][5] As with other species in the genus, the style has a fluid filled stigmatic cavity rather than free stigma.[5] It has two bearded anthers on the 6 mm (0.24 in) long stamens.[4] The triangular calyx lobes have round interspaces.[5]
The fat, oval-shaped seeds have narrow wings.[3]
Distribution and habitat
This species is endemic to South Africa. It is found on sandy and stony flats and slopes between the Cedarberg Mountains and the Cape Peninsula.[4] It is common in Cape Town.[3]
References
- ^ "Cyphia bulbosa". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ P.J.Bergius. In: Descr. Pl. Cap.: 172. (1767).
- ^ a b c e-Flora of South Africa. v1.36. 2022. South African National Biodiversity Institute. http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=flora_descriptions&v=1.36
- ^ a b c d e f Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2012). Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region : 1: the core Cape flora (PDF). Pretoria: South African National Biodiversity Institute, SANBI. ISBN 978-1-919976-74-7. OCLC 852384288.
- ^ a b c d Cupido, Christopher N.; Ferozah, Conrad (January 2003). "Cyphia". Veld and Flora. 89 (2): 62–63.