Taxon: Romulea rosea (L.) Eckl.

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Common names:

• Guildford-grass   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• oniongrass   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• plum-puddings   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Connor)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Econ Pl Aust; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

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View toxicology references for Romulea rosea from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Southern Africa: South Africa - Eastern Cape, Western Cape

• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: United Kingdom
  Southwestern Europe: France
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Chile

• also cultivated

References:

• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Connor, H. E. 1992. The poisonous plants of New Zealand.
• Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963–. Flora of southern Africa. [with five varieties].
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• George, A. S., ed. 1980–. Flora of Australia.
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. [with five varieties].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. [mentions four varieties].
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. [list var. reflexa & var. australis].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Sell, P. & G. Murrell. 1996–. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Romulea rosea.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Romulea rosea.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Romulea rosea.

Check other web resources for Romulea rosea (L.) Eckl.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• ABRS: Australian Biological Resources Study Flora of Australia online
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Disseminule drawings: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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