![]() Photo# 12164 Specimen# R0 Costus zingiberoides by Ray Lampert at Nat'l Botanic Garden of Belgium |
Plant Part | General | Color | Hairs | Texture | Shape | Length | Width |
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Rhizome | 0 to 0 cm | 0 to 0 cm | |||||
Sheath | | | densely puberlous | 0 to 0 cm | 5 to 8 mm | ||
Ligule | hairy like sheaths | truncate | 1 to 2 mm | 0 to 0 mm | |||
Petiole | | | densely minutely puberulous | | 1 to 4 mm | 0 to 0 mm | |
Leaf | linear, 1.5-2 cm wide | | linear, grasslike | 12 to 22 cm | 1 to 2 cm | ||
...upper | | glabrous | | | | ||
...under | | densely minutely puberulous | |||||
...base | | rounded or cunate | | ||||
...apex | gradually narrowed | 0 to 0 mm | |||||
Inflorescence | terminal on a leafy stem. | | | cylindric | 0 to 1 cm | 2 to 3 cm | |
Bract | callus 3-5 mm long | reddish orange | glabrous | coriaceous | broadly ovate, obtuse | 0.0 to 1.5 cm | 2.0 to 3.0 cm |
Appendage | none | | | 0.0 to 0.0 cm | 0.0 to 0.0 cm | ||
Bracteole | | | sparsely minutely puberulous at base | boat shape,lobes shallowly triangular | 0.7 to 1.3 cm | 0.0 to 0.0 cm | |
Flower | | | 0 to 0 cm | 0 to 0 cm | |||
Calyx | 7-9 mm long | | | | 0.0 to 0.0 cm | 0.0 to 0.0 cm | |
Corolla | ca 30 mm long | bright yellow | glabrous | | | 0.0 to 3.0 cm | 0.0 to 0.0 cm |
Labellum | | | | conglutinated | | 0.0 to 0.0 cm | 0.0 to 0.0 cm |
Stamen | apex obtuse, anther 5 mm long | | narrowly elliptic | 2.0 to 2.5 cm | 0.0 to 0.0 cm |