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Author: Henry Phillips, 1935
Family:  HYACINTHACEAE*
Origin:  Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
Soil:  Mix
Water:  Medium
Sun:  Maximum
Thickness:  15 Centimetres
Height:  60 Centimetres
Flower:  White
Propagate:  Seeds/Bulbs
Names:  Cape Hyacinth
Synonyms:  Might be :Ornithogalum clavatum, John Charles Manning & Peter Goldblatt, 2004.
Galtonia clavata
, Maxwell Tylden Masters, 1884.
Lindneria clavata
, Franz Speta, 1985.
Lindneria fibrillosa
T.Durand & Lubbers.
Pseudogaltonia pechuelii
Engl.
Pseudogaltonia subspicata
Baker.
Hyacinthus pechuelii
Kuntze.
Lindneria pechuelii, T.Durand & Schinz.

This member of the Hyacinthaceae family was given this name by Henry Phillips in 1935. It is found in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The bulb will grow to 15 centimetres in diameter, and the plant will raise to 60 centimetres. The flowers are white and occurs around Christmas which is summer.

The genera name means 'false Galtonia' another member of the family. The species name means 'club-shaped'.

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