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SPARAXIS
(
G
)
Sparaxis(
Le
) Cape Buttercup Fluweeltjie
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
) Plum Grand Satinflower(
Sw
)
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
)