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. |