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Photo from Plantopedia.de.


A whole bunch from Lynwoodgarden.com.au.


The flowers from DArcyEverest.co.uk.

Author: 

John Gilbert Baker, 1874

Family:  HYACINTHACEAE*
Origin: 

Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia, South Africa

Soil: 

Rich - Mix

Water: 

Medium - Maximum

Sun: 

Maximum

Thickness: 

2,5 Centimetres

Height: 

25 Centimetres

Flower: 

Purple

Propagate: 

Seeds/Bulbs

Names: 

Cooper’s African Hyacinth, Cooper's False Scilla, Cooper's Ledebouria, Zebra's Quill, Striped Squill, Squill

Synonyms: 

Scilla cooperi, Joseph D. Hooker, 1866.
And a lot other; see below...

This member of the Hyacinthaceae* family was given this name by John Gilbert Baker in 1874. It is found in Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia and South Africa, growing in a well drained but rich soil with quite some water and lots of sun. The bulb can grow to 2,5 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant from ten to 25 centimetres in height. The flowers are purple.

The genera is named after Prof. Dr. Carl F. von Ledebour, 1785-1851, a German-Estonian botanist. The species name after Thomas Cooper, 1815-1913, a British horticulturalist who collected plants in South Africa from 1859 to 1862, and the father-in-law of the botanist N.E. Brown.

*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Hyacinthaceae is now part of the Asparagaceae.

 

Scilla adlamii Baker
Scilla aggregata
Baker
Scilla barberi
Baker
Scilla cinerascens
van der Merwe
Scilla concinna
Baker
Scilla conrathii
Baker
Scilla cooperi
Hook.f.
Scilla exigua
Baker
Scilla fehrii
Baker
Scilla glaucescens
van der Merwe
Scilla globosa
Baker
Scilla inandensis
Baker
Scilla leichtlinii
Baker
Scilla londonensis
Baker
Scilla palustris
J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans
Scilla rehmannii
Baker
Scilla rogersii
Baker
Scilla saturata
Baker
Scilla sphaerocephala
Baker
Scilla subglauca
Baker
Scilla tristachya
Baker.


A wild plant from Pza.sanbi.org.