''Eriospermum exile'' is a species of geophytic plant of the genus ''
Eriospermum
''Eriospermum'' is a genus of tuberous flowering plants. It contains about 80-100 species, native to sub-Saharan Africa.
Name
The name "Eriospermum" is from the Greek ''erion'' for "wool" and ''sperma'' for "seed". In the APG III classificat ...
'', indigenous to
South Africa.
Description
This 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
It is indigenous to Beaufort group
shale
Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock formed from mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4) and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especial ...
s 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.
Distribution
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References
exile
Exile is primarily penal expulsion from one's native country, and secondarily expatriation or prolonged absence from one's homeland under either the compulsion of circumstance or the rigors of some high purpose. Usually persons and peoples suf ...
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