Kenya hyacinth (Sansevieria parva)
Description
Sansevieria parva is a species of the genus Sansevieria in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae). The specific epithet parva derives from the Latin word parvus and means 'small, slight, insignificant, slight'. Sansevieria parva grows stemless or short stem forming as a perennial, succulent plant with about 0.85 centimeters thick, brownish orange rhizomes , which are partially beschuppt. The usually covered by leaf bases stem is up to 12.5 inches high. The 6 to 14 succulent, rosettig arranged leaves are initially ascending, later spread and linear to lanceolate shaped. The simple leaf bladeis 20 to 45 inches long and 0.85 to 3 inches wide. It is slightly narrowed in a stinky stem and provided with a clearly irregular, dark and light transverse banding, which is drawn more uniformly green and indistinct in old age. The 38 to 76 millimeters long Spreitenspitze is very soft. The Spreitenrand is green. The leaf surface is smooth. The simple, aged inflorescences are up to 30 inches high. The panicles are loosely populated with one to two flowers per clump. The bract is lanceolate pointed and 3.2 to 4.2 millimeters long. The green peduncle is 4.2 to 5.3 millimeters long. The bracts are pale pinkish to white. They have a 1.06 to 1.16 cm long flower tube.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Asparagales
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Family: Asparagaceae
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Genus: Sansevieria
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