Author: | Hermann
Wilhelm Rudolf Marloth, 1984 |
Family: |
ERIOSPERMACEAE* |
Origin: |
Cape
Province; South Africa, Namibia. |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Maximum |
Thickness: |
3
Centimetres |
Height: |
12
Centimetres |
Flower:
|
? |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Bulbs |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
- |
This member of the Eriospermaceae
family was given this name by Hermann Wilhelm Rudolf Marloth after
Pauline Lesley Perry 1984. It is found in the Cape
Province, South Africa and Namibia, growing in a well drained soil with some
water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to three centimetres in
diameter, the leaves up to twelve centimetres.
The genera name from Greek;
erion; 'woll' and Greek sperma; 'seed'. The species name
as it is found in the Namaqua desert.
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG
IV 2016,
Eriospermaceae
is now part of
the Asparagaceae. |