Family: Blandfordiaceae
Plant: An erect, tufted herb up to 50cm high.
Flower: Red bell-shaped tubular flowers with yellow-tipped lobes hanging in clusters of 3-20 from the stop of a slender erect stem.
Flowering: Mainly December-February.
Fruit: An erect brown capsule about 6cm long including its style.
Leaves: A basal tuft of linear, grass-like leaves up to 50cm long and 3-5mm wide.
Habitat: Common in damp, sandy spots in open heathland.
Features: Conspicuous red and yellow tubular flowers.
Name:
Blandfordia After George Spencer Churchill, Marquis of Blandford, who kept a famous garden in England.
nobilis From Latin nobilis = famous.
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Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Tubular/Bell-shaped, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Red, Yellow |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
- |
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Flowering Month |
1, 2, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Brown |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Basal, Tufted |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear, Strap-like |
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Length |
Long, Very Long |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Heathland |
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