Culture plant from Getplanta.com.
The corms by Mary Sue Ittner,
Pacificbulbsociety.org.
The corm from Sun.gardenexplorer.org. It might sit 25 deep, and I can't say
it it can be exposed.
The white flower from Kylesplants.com.
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| Author: |
Terence Macleane Salter, 1936 | |
Family: |
OXALIDACEAE |
| Origin: |
S-W South Africa |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water: |
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
2 Centimetres |
| Height: |
10 Centimetres |
| Flower: |
White - Yellow |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Corms |
| Names: |
Palm-leaf False Shamrock,
False Shamrock, Palm Leaf Oxalis |
| Synonyms: |
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This member of the
Oxalidaceae family
was given this name by Terence Macleane Salter in 1936. It is found in south-western South
Africa from Roggeveld Mountains near Sutherland to near Ceres and
Laingsburg in Western Cape, growing in a well drained soil with some water and
not that much sun. The corm can grow to two centimetres in diameter, the entire plant
to ten centimetres in height and 60 centimetres in wide. The flowers are from
white to yellow.
The genera name
means 'sharp, pungent', as to leaf taste. The species name from Latin
palma,
meaning 'lobed like a hand' and Latin fron; 'covered'. for the
appearance of the plant.
This is a winter
grower in the wild. |
