Lanaria lanata
(L.) T. Durand & Schinz
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Where to Find It
It is a Mediterranean climate plant.
Africa, South Africa,
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
An evergreen herb. It grows 30-80 cm tall. It has underground stems or rhizomes. The leaves are narrow and tufted. They have a channel along them and teeth at the edge. The flowers are in woolly white panicles.
Names & Synonyms
Argolasia capensis J. F. Gmel.Argolasia lanata (L.) Lam. ex Poir.Argolasia plumosa (Aiton) Juss.Dilatris hexandra Lam.Hyacinthus lanatus L.Lanaria lanata (L.) DruceLanaria plumosa Aiton
References (1)
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew