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Schizobasis intricata

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The tiny flower.


The fruit. 


The seeds, the grit is five millimetres.

Author: John Gilbert Baker, 1874
Family:  HYACINTHACEAE*
Origin:  Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Soil:  Mix
Water:  Medium
Sun:  Medium
Thickness:  6 Centimetres
Height:  50 Centimetres
Flower:  White
Propagate:  Seeds/Bulbs
Names:  -
Synonyms:  Drimia intricata, J.C.Manning & Goldblatt.
Schizobasis cuscutoides,
Benth. & Hooker, 1880.
Schizobasis flagelliformis
(Bak.) Baker, 1877.
Schizobasis macowanii
Baker, 1873.
Also seen as Schizobatidopsis.
Anthericum intricatum,
Baker, 1872.
Drimia intricata var. visagieae, van Jaarsv.

This member of the Hyacinthaceae family was given this name
by John Gilbert in 1874. It is from Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, where it grows in well-drained soil with some water and sun. The flowers are small and white, and it can be reproduced by dividing the bulbs as well.

The genera name from Greek schizein; 'to split' and Greek basis; 'base' for the fruit capsules. The species name means 'entangled'.

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


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