Disa tenella is a perennial plant and geophyte belonging to the genus Disa and is part of the fynbos and renosterveld.http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=2759-114 REDLIST Sanbi The plant is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs from Porterville to Malmesbury and Gordon's Bay. It is extinct on the Cape Flats. The plant has a range of 2105 km2 in which only three to four subpopulations remain. More than 50% of the plant samples from before 1950 come from areas that were ceded to suburban development. The species' numbers are still declining due to invasive plants and crop cultivation.http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:630269-1 Plants of the World Online
There are two subspecies: Disa tenella subsp. pusilla H.P.Linder Disa tenella subsp. tenella
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