Author: | John
Gilbert Baker, 1876 |
Family: |
ERIOSPERMACEAE* |
Origin: |
South
Africa |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Minimum - Medium |
Sun: |
Medium - Maximum |
Thickness: |
7
Centimetres |
Height: |
20
Centimetres |
Flower:
|
Greenish White |
Propagate: |
Seeds |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
Eriospermum lanceaefolium, Schinz.
Eriospermum bellendeni
Sweet |
This member of the
Eriospermaceae family was given this name by John
Gilbert Baker in 1876. It is found in South Africa, growing
in a well drained soil with little to some water and some to lots of
sun. The caudex can grow to seven centimetres in diameter, the leaf
to 20 centimetres.The
genera name from Greek; erion; 'woll' and Greek sperma;
'seed'. The species name means 'short-footed'.
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG
IV 2016,
Eriospermaceae
is now part of
the Asparagaceae. |