Photo by Nick Helme, Biodiversity4all.org.
A single leaf by Nicola van Berkel,
Biodiversity4all.org.
The caudex by Nicola van Berkel, Biodiversity4all.org. |
| Author: |
Pauline Lesley Perry, 1989 | |
Family: |
ERIOSPERMACEAE* |
| Origin: |
Gourits River - Great Brak
River; Southern South Africa |
| Soil: |
Sandy |
| Water: |
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
0,8 Centimetres |
| Height: |
6,5 Centimetres |
| Flower: |
White / Green / Red |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names: |
- |
| Synonyms: |
- |
This member of the
Eriospermaceae* family
was given this name by Pauline Lesley Perry in 1989. It is found from Gourits
River to Great Brak River in southern South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with
some water and some sun. The caudex can grow to
0,8 centimetres in diameter but five centimetres long, the entire plant
to 6,5 centimetres in height. The flowers are white with green midnerve and
faint red striations.
The genera name from Greek; erion; 'woll' and Greek sperma;
'seed'. The species means 'resembling a worm in shape' for the
complex caudex
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG
IV 2016,
Eriospermaceae
is now part of
the Asparagaceae. This is a
winter-grower, flowering in the autumn. |
