Author: | Anna
Amelia Obermeyer, 1981 |
Family: |
HYACINTHACEAE* |
Origin: |
Namibia, South
Africa |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Maximum |
Thickness: |
4
Centimetres |
Height: |
15
Centimetres |
Flower:
|
White - Pale Pink / Maroon |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Bulbs |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
Urginea
multifolia G.J.Lewis, 1952.
Sypharissa multifolia,
Anna
Amelia Obermeyer.
Drimia multifolia, Jessop, 1977. |
This member of the Hyacinthaceae
family was given this name by Anna Amelia Obermeyer in 1981. It is
found in South Africa and Namibia, growing in a well drained soil with some water
and lots of sun. The bulb will grow up to four centimetres in
diameter, the slim spiral leaves will reach 15 centimetres in length. The
flowers are white to pale pink with a maroon outer.
The genera name puzzles me.
Teni means 'brest' or 'mouth', -croa ? The species name means
'many leaves'.
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Hyacinthaceae
is
now part of
the Asparagaceae. |