Author: | William
Henry Harvey, 1870 |
Family: |
HYACINTHACEAE* |
Origin: |
Eastern
Cape; South Africa |
Soil: |
Rich -
Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Minimum -
Medium |
Thickness: |
7
Centimetres |
Height: |
45
Centimetres |
Flower:
|
Pale
Yellow - Dark Pink |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Offsets/Leaf Cuttings |
Names:
|
Forest
Lily, Winter Red Hot Poker |
Synonyms: |
Veltheimia viridifolia, Jacquin, 1797.
Veltheimia undulata, Moench |
This member of the
Hyacinthaceae family was
given this name
by William Henry Harvey in 1870. It is found on the Eastern
Cape in South Africa, growing in rich or well drained soil
with some water and little to some sun. The bulb will grow up to
seven centimetres in diameter, the leaves will get 45 centimetres
long. The flowers are pale yellow to dark pink.
The genera is named after the German
patron of botany, August Ferdinand Graf von Veltheim. The species
name means 'having bracts' - modified leaves directly beneath the
flower.
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Hyacinthaceae
is
now part of
the Asparagaceae. |