| Author: |
Carl Linnaeus Junior, 1786 |
| Family: |
HYACINTHACEAE* |
| Origin: |
South Africa |
| Soil: |
Sand |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
25
Centimetres |
| Height: |
50
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Green |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Bulbs |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Falconera spiralis, Salisb.
Ornithogalum circinatum, J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
Ornithogalum volutare, J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
This member of the Hyacinthaceae* family was given this name by Carl Linnaeus
the younger in 1786, and is
found in the Cape Province, South Africa on the sand plains. It's a
winter-grower, and doesn't need much water in the summer. The bulb will
grow to 25 centimetres and the corkscrew leaves to 50 centimetres. The
fine bell-shaped flowers are white-greenish. It can be reproduced both
by bulbs and seeds.
The genera name might referee
to the egg-sharpen bulb. The species name reefers to the
spiral-leaves.
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Hyacinthaceae
is
now part of
the Asparagaceae.
This is a winter-grower.
|
