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Wild plant by Jeremy Gilmore, Inaturalist.org.


The leaves by Petra Broddle, Ispotnature.org.


The fruits by Petra Broddle, Ispotnature.org.


A wild plant by Richard Adcock, Ispotnature.org.


The drawing of G. c. subsp. longituba by Leigh Voigt.

Author: 

Carl Peter Thunberg, 1781

Family: 

AMARYLLIDACEAE

Origin: 

South-Western South Africa

Soil: 

Sandy

Water: 

Medium

Sun: 

Maximum

Thickness: 

5 Centimetres

Height: 

10-25 Centimetres

Flower: 

Ivory - Deep Pink

Propagate: 

Seeds/Bulbs

Names: 

Hotnotskoekoemakranka, Common Koekoemakranka

Synonyms: 

Papiria ciliaris, Carl Peter Thunberg, 1776.
Gethyllis polyanthera
, Daniel Carl Solander, 1884.
Gethyllis ciliaris subsp. longituba, D.Müll.-Doblies.
Gethyllis undulata Herb.1837 ?

This member of the Amaryllidaceae family was given this name by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1781. It is found in south-western South Africa, growing in a sandy soil with some water and lots of sun. The bulb can grow to five centimetres in diameter, the entire plant from ten to 25 centimetres in height. The flowers are from ivory to deep pink.

The genera name from Greek gethyon, 'bulb'. The species name means 'fringed', as with eyelashes for the edges of the leaves.

This is a winter-grower, flowering in the summertime.


The pink flowers by Petra Broddle, Ispotnature.org.


Drawing by Leigh Voigt.


The ivory flowers by Jacques van der Merwe, Wikimedia.org.