Eriospermum exile is a species of geophytic plant of the genus Eriospermum, indigenous to South Africa.
| Eriospermum exile | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nolinoideae |
| Genus: | Eriospermum |
| Species: | E. exile
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| Binomial name | |
| Eriospermum exile Perry
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Description
editThis species has a single, erect, slender, linear to lanceolate leaf (125mm long and 8mm wide). The leaf has a very thin stalk (petiole).
The tuber is pear-shaped and white inside.
Distribution and habitat
editIt is indigenous to Beaufort group shales or quartzite, rocky soils, often on sheltered south-east facing slopes, in the Robertson Karoo, Little Karoo and western Great Karoo regions of South Africa. It occurs from Worcester in the west, eastwards as far as the town of De Rust.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ Perry, P.L. (1994) A Revision of the Genus Eriospermum (Eriospermaceae). Bolus Herbarium, University of Cape Town.
- ^ Distribution