Beautiful abrophyllum (Abrophyllum ornans microcarpum)
Description
B bulbosa often grows in dense colonies It reaches up to 75 centimeters tall It has succulent greyish green narrowly lanceolate leaves The fragrant starshaped yellow flowers are borne on long vertical flowering stalks with the oldest flowers at the base Each flower has six tepals with tufted hairy yellow sepals Each individual flower only lasts for one day but the flowering head may bloom for some weeks The flowering period is generally long extending from September to March but there is wide local variation Despite its name the plant forms a round corm not a bulb to overwinter
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Asterales
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Family: Rousseaceae
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Genus: Abrophyllum
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