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Aspidosperma nanum (Aspidosperma nanum)

Description

This species has pale yellow flowers,with a darker central trumpet.The long,narrow leaves are slightly greyish green in colour and rise from the base of the stem.The plant grows from a bulb.The flowers produce seeds,which when germinated,take five to seven years to produce a flowering plant.(Sexual [seed] reproduction mixes the traits of both parent flowers,so if garden hybrid cultivars are planted close to wild populations of Narcissus pseudonarcissus,there is a danger that the new seedlings,having hybrid vigour,could out-compete the wild plants.)

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Gentianales

            • Family: Apocynaceae

              • Genus: Aspidosperma