Drimia elata
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| Drimia elata | |
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| Botanical illustration from Les Liliacées by Pierre-Joseph Redouté | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Scilloideae |
| Genus: | Drimia |
| Species: | D. elata |
| Binomial name | |
| Drimia elata Jacq.[1] | |
Drimia elata ("Satin squill") is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae,[2] subfamily Scilloideae.[3] It is widely distributed in eastern and southern Africa.[2]
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Drimia elata is a perennial, growing from a bulb with reddish scales, and reaching a maximum height of 100 cm. The leaves are long (circa 25 cm) slender (1–2 cm), linear to narrowly lanceolate, sometimes wavy with minute hairs especially along the margins.
The inflorescence appears between December and April (southern hemisphere), after the leaves are already dry. It is borne on a scape up to 1.2 m (4 ft) tall, and takes the form of a thin, dense, terminal raceme.
The individual flowers are grey-white to purple-brown. They have recurved tepal lobes, and dark blueish purple anthers. The flowers are pedicellate, subtended by a bract with a small and distinctive spur near its base. The trilocular, oblong fruit capsule contains the small ovate seeds.[4][5]
