Botanical Description for this Species
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Descriptions used for plant identification key are shown in BOLD. Plant Part | General | Color | Hairs | Texture | Shape | Length | Width |
Rhizome |
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| 0 to 0 cm | 0 to 0 cm |
Sheath |
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| densely puberlous
| | | 0 to 0 cm | 5 to 8 mm |
Ligule |
| | hairy like sheaths
| | truncate
| 1 to 2 mm | 0 to 0 mm |
Petiole |
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| densely minutely puberulous
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| 1 to 4 mm | 0 to 0 mm |
Leaf | linear, 1.5-2 cm wide
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| linear, grasslike | 12 to 22 cm | 1 to 2 cm |
...upper | |
| glabrous
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...under | |
| densely minutely puberulous
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...base | |
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| rounded or cunate
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...apex | | | | | gradually narrowed
| 0 to 0 mm | |
Inflorescence | terminal on a leafy stem.
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| 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 | |
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| | 0.0 to 0.0 cm | 0.0 to 0.0 cm |
Bracteole |
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| sparsely minutely puberulous at base
| | boat shape,lobes shallowly triangular
| 0.7 to 1.3 cm | 0.0 to 0.0 cm |
Flower | | | |
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| 0 to 0 cm | 0 to 0 cm |
Calyx | 7-9 mm long | |
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| 0.0 to 0.0 cm | 0.0 to 0.0 cm |
Corolla | ca 30 mm long | bright yellow | glabrous
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| 0.0 to 3.0 cm | 0.0 to 0.0 cm |
Labellum |
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| conglutinated
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| 0.0 to 0.0 cm | 0.0 to 0.0 cm |
Stamen | apex obtuse, anther 5 mm long
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| | narrowly elliptic
| 2.0 to 2.5 cm | 0.0 to 0.0 cm |