| Author: | Nicolaas
Joseph von Jacquin,
1789 |
| Family: |
HYACINTHACEAE* |
| Origin: |
South
Africa, Namibia |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Minimum - Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
2,5
Centimetres |
| Height: |
10-50
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Yellow / Green |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Bulbs |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Albuca suaveolens, J.C.Manning & Goldblatt.
Ornithogalum breviscapum, Leight.
Ornithogalum
namaquanum, U. Müll.-Doblies & D. Müll.-Doblies, 1996.
Ornithogalum roodiae, Phillips.
Coilonox suaveolens, Speta.
Loncomelos suaveolens, Raf. |
This member of the
Hyacinthaceae family was described by Nicolaas Joseph von
Jacquin in 1789. It is
found in South Africa and Namibia, growing in a well drained soil
with little to some water and lots of sun. The bulbs will grow to
two and a half centimetres in diameter, the whole plant from ten to
fifty centimetres height. The flowers are yellow with green lines. The
genera name from Greek: ornithos; 'bird' and gala; 'milk'.
The species name means 'with a sweet fragrance'.
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Hyacinthaceae
is
now part of
the Asparagaceae. |
