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Drimia elata
Drimia elata ("Satin squill") is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. It is widely distributed in eastern and southern Africa.
Drimia elata is found in east and southern Africa: Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Eswatini and South Africa. In Zimbabwe, it is noted as occurring in rocky grassland. In South Africa, where it occurs from Namaqualand to Cape Town and across the southern Cape, it is recorded as growing on sandy to clay-rich soils, in Renosterveld and Succulent Karoo vegetation.
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Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
