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Lapeirousia arenicola Seeds

Lapeirousia is a genus with about 40 species in the Iridaceae family that is found across sub-Saharan Africa from Nigeria and Ethiopia to the southwestern Cape.

The rootstock is a bell shaped or triangular corm with a flat base with woody or densely compacted fibers. Leaves are flat and curved to narrow and pleated.

A number of very diverse species are found in Namaqualand and the northwestern Cape in semiarid habitats.

Lapeirousia arenicola is found in deep red sand in Namaqualand. This short plant has a branched stem and cream to pink flowers with a red spot at the base of the lower smaller segments. The tube is shorter than in some of the other species.

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