| Author: | Winsome
Fanny Barker, 1978 |
| Family: |
HYACINTHACEAE* |
| Origin: |
South
Africa |
| Soil: |
Grit - Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium -
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
4 Centimetres |
| Height: |
5 (15) Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
White -
Pale Yellow |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Bulbs |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
- |
This member of the Hyacinthaceae family was
given this name by Winsome Fanny Barker in 1978. It is found in
south western South Africa, growing in a well
drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The bulb
can grow to four centimetres, the two leaves to twelve centimetres in
length.
The genera name is in honour
of the Swiss botanist Prof. Werner de Lachenal (Warnerus de la
Chenal )1739-1800. The species name means 'crowded, pressed'.
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Hyacinthaceae
is
now part of
the Asparagaceae. | 
