Satyrium carsonii Rolfe 1898 SUBGENUS Satyrium

Plant and Flowes in situ Tanzania

Photos by © Robert von Blittersdorff and The East African Plants Photo Guide Website

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Common Name Carson's Satyrium

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Found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia in Brachystegia woodlands and open seasonally flooded grasslands at elevations of 1200 to 2300 meters as a medium to large sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with ovoid to ellipsoid tomentose tubers giving rise to an erect, enveloped by 4 sheaths and carrying 2 basal, adpressed to the ground, ovate, orbicular to reniform, fleshy, leaves that blooms in the late spring through summer on a terminal, erect, 1.6 to 6.4" [4 to 16 cm] long, fairly densely few to 20 flowered inflorescence carrying fragrant flowers .

Synonyms Satyrium leucanthum Schltr. 1915; Satyrium nigericum Hutch. 1921

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Tropical East Africa Orchidaceae Part 1 Summerhayes 1968; The Orchids of South Central Africa Williamson 1977 drawing/photo fide; Flore D'Afrique Centrale [Zaire- Rwands - Burundi] Orhidaceae Premeir parte Geerink 1984; Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Orchidaceae Part 1 Pope 1995 drawing fide; Orchids of Kenya Stewart & Campbell 1996 photo fide;

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