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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Ipheion Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2, 12 (1837)
Description
Low-growing bulbous perennials with oniony smell when bruised. Bulb tunicate. Leaves all basal, linear, ± fleshy, flat, base sheathing. Scape erect; spathe-valves 2. Flowers solitary, pedicellate, tubular below, lobes spreading above. Staminal-filaments without appendages, broadened below, subulate above. Capsule loculicidal. Seeds many.
[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Hobbs, J.; Hatch, T. 1994: Bulbs for New Zealand Gardens. Godwit Press, Auckland.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Rafinesque, C.S. 1837: Flora Telluriana. Vol. 2. Philadelphia.
