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Photo by Jean Andre Audissou, Inaturalist.ca.


Drawing by Jeanette Loedolff from P.L. Perry publication.
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Author: 

Pauline Lesley Perry, 1989

Family: 

ERIOSPERMACEAE*

Origin: 

S Van Rhynsdorp; MW South Africa

Soil: 

Clayish

Water: 

Medium

Sun: 

Maximum

Thickness: 

3 Centimetres

Height: 

9 Centimetres

Flower: 

Light Cream / Green / Red

Propagate: 

Seeds

Names: 

Rat-Tail Woolseed

Synonyms: 

-

This member of the Eriospermaceae* family was given this name by Pauline Lesley Perry in 1989. It is found south of Van Rhynsdorp in mid-western South Africa, growing in a clayish soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to three centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to nine centimetres in height. The flowers are pale cream with green mid-nerve and overlaid with fine red striations.

The genera name from Greek; erion; 'woll' and Greek sperma; 'seed'. The species name from Greek; erion  'woolly' and -orum; '-like', for the leaf.

This is a winter-grower, blooming in the spring.


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