| Author: | Henri
Georges Fourcade, 1932 |
| Family: |
HYACINTHACEAE* |
| Origin: |
South
Africa, Namibia, Madagascar, Mozambique Channel Islands |
| Soil: |
Grit |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
4 Centimetres |
| Height: |
6 (20) Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Greenish
White - Light Brown |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Bulbs |
| Names:
|
Brown
Bells, Curly-Curly, Slangui |
| Synonyms: |
Hyacinthus brevifolius, Carl Peter Thunberg, 1794.
Scilla brevifolia Ker Gawl. 1812.
Periboea brevifolia,
Kunth, 1843.
Baeoterpe brevifolia, Salisb.1866.
Dipcadi hyacinthoides, Baker.
Dipcadi spirale,
Baker.
Lachenalia graminifolia Sol. ex Baker.
Ornithogalum hyacinthoides, J.C.Manning & Goldblatt.
Polemannia hyacinthoides, P.J.Bergius ex Schltdl.
Uropetalon hyacinthoides, Spreng. |
This member of the Hyacinthaceae family was given this name by
Henri Georges Fourcade in 1932. It is found
in South Africa, Namibia, Madagascar and the Mozambique Channel
Islands, growing in grit or other well drained soil with
some water and lots of sun. The bulb can grow to four
centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to six centimetres in
height. The
flowers are from greenish white to brown.
The genera name from the
Turkish name for the musk hyacinth. The species name brevifolium
is Latin for 'short' or 'small leaves'.
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Hyacinthaceae
is
now part of
the Asparagaceae. |
