| Author: | Carl
Linnaeus, 1759 |
| Family: |
HAEMODORACEAE |
| Origin: |
Southern South
Africa |
| Soil: |
Sand - Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium - Maximum |
| Thickness: |
5
Centimetres |
| Height: |
20-70 Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Pale
Yellow - Bright Apricot |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Rhizomes |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Aspidistra lurida, Sieber ex C.Presl.
Asphodelus latifolius, Breyne ex Schult. & Schult.f.
Pedilonia violacea, C.Presl.
Wachendorfia brevifolia, Sol. ex Ker Gawl.
Wachendorfia breyniana, D.Dietr.
Wachendorfia graminea, Thunb.
Wachendorfia graminifolia, L.f.
Wachendorfia herbertii, Sweet.
Wachendorfia hirsuta ,Thunb..
Wachendorfia humilis, Salisb.
Wachendorfia tenella, Thunb.
Wachendorfia villosa, Andrews.
Wachendorfia villosa L. |
This member of the Haemodoraceae family was
given this name by Carl Linnaeus in 1759. It is found in grass land
of South Africa, growing in sand or another well
drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The rhizome will grow to five centimetres, the plant from 20-70 centimetres
height. The flowers are pale yellow to bright apricot, sometimes
with dark markings.
The genera is named after E. J. von Wachendorff,
a Dutch Professor of Botany. The species name is referring to the
flower clusters (panicles). |
