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SPARAXIS
(
G
)
Sparaxis, Cape Buttercup, Fluweeltjie (
Le
)
Family:
IRIDACEAE
sparasso, = to tear or rend in pieces, mangle; to rend, cleave, attack savagely.
(lacerated bracts)
(
LS
,
Le
)
Sparaxis Sparaxis grandiflora var. violacea
(
La
)
Cape Buttercup (
Wf
) Witkalkoentjie (
Sw
) Plum Grand Satinflower (
PS
)
Location: (
F
)
grandis, = full-grown, large, great, full, abundant;
(large, great, big, tall, lofty)
flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.
viola, = the violet, the stock-gillyflower; a violet colour, violet.
(
ld
,
BL
)