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A wild plant from Desert-plants-images.blogspot.com.


The habitat from Desert-plants-images.blogspot.com.


Exposed wild plants from Mario Martıńez-Azorı, Manuel B. Crespo,  Anthony P. Dold, Michael Pinter & Wolfgang Wetschnig's publication.


From Mario Martıńez-Azorı, Manuel B. Crespo,  Anthony P. Dold, Michael Pinter & Wolfgang Wetschnig's publication.

Author: 

John Charles Manning, 2017

Family: 

HYACINTHACEAE*

Origin: 

Oudtshoorn; South Africa

Soil: 

Mix - Grit

Water: 

Medium

Sun: 

Maximum

Thickness: 

3 Centimetres

Height: 

20 Centimetres

Flower: 

White / Greenish

Propagate: 

Seeds/Bulbs

Names: 

-

Synonyms:  Nicipe rosulata, Mario Martıńez-Azorı, Manuel B. Crespo,  Anthony P. Dold, Michael Pinter & Wolfgang Wetschnig 2014

This member of the Hyacinthaceae* family was given this name by John Charles Manning in 2017. It is found in Little Karoo in southern South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The bulb can grow to three centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to 20 centimetres in height. The flowers are white with an outside greenish stripe.

The genera name from Greek: ornithos; 'bird' and gala; 'milk'. The species is named after the broad and short leaves disposed in a spirally arranged basal rosette. rosulatum; forming or disposed in a rosette.

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


From Mario Martıńez-Azorı, Manuel B. Crespo,  Anthony P. Dold, Michael Pinter & Wolfgang Wetschnig's publication.


From Mario Martıńez-Azorı, Manuel B. Crespo,  Anthony P. Dold, Michael Pinter & Wolfgang Wetschnig's publication.