| Author: | Lisabel
Irene
Hall, 1984 |
| Family: |
ASPHODELACEAE |
| Origin: |
Cape Province; South Africa |
| Soil: |
Grit - Mix |
| Water:
|
Minimum |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
3
Centimetres |
| Height: |
7
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Pale Green / Yellow |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
Geitjiestert |
| Synonyms: |
- |
This member of
the Asphodelaceae family was described by
Lisabel Irene
Hall in
1984. It is found in the Cape Province of South Africa, growing in
grit or other well drained soil with little water and lots of sun.
The swollen root can grow up to three centimetres in diameter, the
whole plant up to seven centimetres high. The flowers are pale green
and yellow.
The genera name means
'bulbous'. The species is named after Mrs Margretha Wiese, the wife of
Buys Wiese, owner of the farm Quaggaskop, South Africa, where the
species was discovered. He told me, it former was supposed to be a
variation of Bulbine mesembryanthemoides. |
