Author: | Nicolaas
Joseph von Jacquin, 1794 |
Family: |
HYACINTHACEAE* |
Origin: |
South
Africa |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
3
Centimetres |
Height: |
20
Centimetres |
Flower:
|
White /
Green Bands |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Bulbs |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
Ornithogalum odoratissimum C.A. Sm.
Coilonox
polyphyllum, Speta.
Scilla polyphylla, Royle. |
This member of the Hyacinthaceae
family was given this name by Nicolaas Joseph von Jacquin in 1794. It is found in the
South Africa, growing in a well drained soil
with some water and some sun. The bulbs will grow up to three
centimetres in diameter, the whole plant up to twenty centimetres
height. The flowers are white with green bands.The
genera name from Greek: ornithos; 'bird' and gala; 'milk'.
The species name mean 'many leaved'.
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Hyacinthaceae
is
now part of
the Asparagaceae. |