Dipcadi glaucum (Ker Gawl.) Baker

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Flower
Flat sandy riverside flood plain
Along Mulungushi River
Dec 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman

Habit
Flat sandy riverside flood plain
Along Mulungushi River
Dec 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman

Inflorescence
Flat sandy riverside flood plain
Along Mulungushi River
Dec 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman

Seeds & pods
Flat sandy riverside flood plain
Along Mulungushi River
Jan 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Synonyms:	Dipcadi gracilipes Krause Dipcadi longibracteatum Schinz Dipcadi magnum Baker Ornithogalum magnum (Baker) J.C. Manning & Goldblatt Urginea lorata Baker Uropetalon glaucum Ker Gawl.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Robust annual herb, up to 120 cm tall, growing from a brow bulb c. 4 cm in diameter. Leaves 4-9, strap-shaped, up to 45 cm long and 4 or more cm wide, distinctly blue-green and covered in a fine waxy, whitish powder. Inflorescence laxly many-flowered with pedicels up to 7 cm long, spiralling, not secund. Flowers green, c. 1.5 cm long excluding appendages; outer tepals with caudate appendages up to 8 mm long. Capsules subglobose, 3-lobed, c. 15 × 20 mm.
Type location:	South Africa
Notes:	A robust species with broad leaves and a distinctly blue-green (glaucous) appearance. The flowers often have long pedicels and are spiralled on the peduncle, not secund as in many other species.
Derivation of specific name:	glaucum: glaucous, bluish-green
Habitat:	On wet, sandy or clay soils around pans and in grassy depressions, also along road sides.
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Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	E,S
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	W
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Content last updated:	Wednesday 12 February 2020
Literature:	Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 96. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 91. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 122. van der Walt, R. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Limpopo Valley Retha van der Walt, Musina, South Africa Page 345. (Includes a picture).

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