Author: | Carl
Ludwig von Willdenow, 1809 |
Family: |
ASPHODELACEAE |
Origin: |
Northern
Cape, Western, Eastern Cape; South Africa,
Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Maximum |
Thickness: |
2-3
Centimetres |
Height: |
40
Centimetres |
Flower:
|
Yellow - Orange |
Propagate: |
Seeds |
Names:
|
Snake
Flower, Cat's Tail, Burn Jelly Plant, Orange African Bulbine,
Bulbinella |
Synonyms: |
Anthericum frutescens Carl Linnaeus.
Bulbine
caulescens Carl Linnaeus.
Bulbine rostrata Carl
Ludwig von Willdenow.
Anthericum incurvum, Thunb.
Anthericum multiceps, Poelln.
Anthericum rostratum, Jacq.
Bulbine frutescens var. incurva, Rowley.
Bulbine frutescens var. rostrata, Rowley.
Bulbine incurva, Spreng.
Phalangium frutescens, Kuntze. |
This member of the Asphodelaceae
family was given this name by Carl Ludwig von Willdenow in 1809. It is found in
the costal areas of South Africa and in
Eswatini, Lesotho and Namibia, growing in a well drained soil
with some water and lots of sun. The bulb will grow up to two or three
centimetres in diameter, the plant up to 30 centimetres height. The
flowers are from yellow to orange.
After having dug up,
split, planted and handled many thousands of this plant I have to
admit: It is not really a caudiciform! Sorry! Bit strange
with that genera name.
The genera name means
'bulbous'. The species name means 'shrub'. |