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Romulea toximontana
Romulea toximontana is low a herbaceous perennial geophyte in the family Iridaceae native to South Africa. It has a small corm in the soil, several linear leaves, white trimerous flowers, yolk-yellow near the centre and with a purple wash on the outside. The 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants lists this species as rare.
Romulea toximontana is only known from a small area on the Bokkeveld plateau, the Gifberg and the Matsikamma Mountains, all near Vanrhynsdorp.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Romulea toximontana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
