| Author: | Augusta
Vera Duthie,
1940 |
| Family: |
ERIOSPERMACEAE* |
| Origin: |
Cape
Province; South Africa |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
4
Centimetres |
| Height: |
3
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Green / White |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
- |
This little member of the Eriospermaceae*
family was described by Augusta Vera Duthie in 1940. It is found in the Cape
Province in South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some
water and some sun. The caudex can grow to four centimetres in
diameter, the leaves to three centimetres height. The flowers are
white with green bands.
The genera name from Greek; erion; 'woll' and Greek sperma;
'seed'. The species name from Latin; appendicula; 'with
appendages'.
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG
IV 2016,
Eriospermaceae
is now part of
the Asparagaceae. | 
