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Drawing by Jeanette Loedolff from P.L. Perry publication.
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Author: 

Pauline Lesley Perry, 1989

Family: 

ERIOSPERMACEAE*

Origin: 

N Calvinia; W South Africa

Soil: 

Clay

Water: 

Medium

Sun: 

Medium - Maximum

Thickness: 

2,5 Centimetres

Height: 

8 Centimetres

Flower: 

White / Pale Green

Propagate: 

Seeds

Names: 

-

Synonyms: 

-

This member of the Eriospermaceae* family was given this name by Pauline Lesley Perry in 1989. It is found north of Calvinia, inland in western South Africa, growing in a heavy clay soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to 2,5 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to eight centimetres in height. The flowers are white with very pale green mid-nerve.

The genera name from Greek; erion; 'woll' and Greek sperma; 'seed'. The species name from on the Latin; lam-; 'shining' and  maginatum; 'edges' for the leaves - or rather the hairy attachments on them. The attractive white furry collar to the orbicular prostrate leaves makes this an easily recognizable species in leaf.

*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Eriospermaceae is now part of the Asparagaceae.

Blooming in late autumn, then the leaves emerges in winter.

 

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