Author: | John
Gilbert Baker, 1876 |
Family: |
ERIOSPERMACEAE* |
Origin: |
Botswana,
Eswatini, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania,
Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe |
Soil: |
Grit |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Maximum |
Thickness: |
4 Centimetres |
Height: |
12 (25) Centimetres |
Flower:
|
Yellow |
Propagate: |
Seeds |
Names:
|
Yellow
Fluffy-Seed |
Synonyms: |
Bulbine
mackenii, Hook.f. 1872.
Eriospermum junodii Baker, 1901.
Eriospermum veratriforme Peter ex Poelln. 1943.
Eriospermum mackenii subsp. galpinii,
P.L.Perry
Eriospermum mackenii subsp. phippsii,
P.L.Perry. |
This member of the Eriospermaceae family was given this name by
John Gilbert Baker in 1876. It is found
in most of southern Africa, growing in a well drained soil with
some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to four
centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to twelve centimetres in
height, the inflorescence up to 25 centimetres with yellow
flowers. The genera name
from Greek; erion; 'woll' and Greek sperma; 'seed'.
The species name after Mark Johnston McKen, 1823-1872, a Scottish
horticulturist, working in Jamaica and South Africa.
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG
IV 2016,
Eriospermaceae
is now part of
the Asparagaceae. |