Drimia namibensis
Drimia namibensis is a plant of the genus Drimia in the family of asparagus plants ( Asparagaceae ). The specific epithet refers to namibensis the presence of the species in the Namib desert.
Description
Drimia namibensis grows with ovate - spherical onions with a diameter of up to 5 centimeters. The onion scales are fleshy. The leaf bases are cross- banded. Your terete roots are succulent. The two to six, glauken, linear - lanceolate leaves are ascending and appear after the flowers. Your längsfurchige leaf blade is up to 24 centimeters long and 2.5 centimeters wide.
The upright and Vielblütige in the upper part of inflorescence reaches a length of up to 70 centimeters. The bracts are spurred. The flowers are up to 8 mm long pedicles. The bell-shaped perianth is pale mauve. The stamens are fused at the base and 1.5 millimeters long. The ovary is ovoid. The bloom time is mid-summer
The egg-shaped fruits are up to 7 mm in length. They comprise elongate, flat, black seeds having a length of 5 millimeters.
Systematics and distribution
Drimia namibensis is widespread in the south of Namibia in the Succulent Karoo.
The first description as Rhadamanthus namibensis by Anna Amelia Obermeyer was published in 1980. John Charles Manning and Peter Goldblatt set the style in 2000 into the genus Drimia.