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SPARAXIS SPARAXIS
Perennial; corm ovoid, cover fibrous.
Stem: erect, stiff, branched or not.
Leaf: generally basal, 2-ranked, < 3 dm, lanceolate to ± sickle-shaped, midvein prominent.
Inflorescence: spike; flowers few, scattered; flower bracts papery, crinkled, streaked with brown, cut into lance- linear segments in upper half or at tip.
Flower: radial or bilateral; perianth funnel-shaped or cylindric, tube < to > lobes; stamens free; style branches entire.
Fruit: capsule, ovoid, firm.
Seed: several, large, spheric, shiny, coat hard.
15 species: s Africa. (Greek: to tear, from cut bracts) [Goldblatt 1999 Fl Southern Africa 7(2:1):150–168]
Unabridged references: [Goldblatt 1969 J S African Bot 35:219–252]
Many species, hybrids cultivated as ornamental.

Key to Sparaxis

1. Perianth tube 10–15 mm, lobes cream-white to yellow or violet, basally gen with dark marks; fl bilateral; bracts cut into lance-linear segments in upper half ..... [S. grandiflora]

1' Perianth tube < 10 mm, lobes orange, basally with yellow marks bordered distally by dark red-brown; fl radial; bracts cut irregularly at tip ..... [S. tricolor]

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