Author: | Carl Peter
Thunberg, 1781 |
Family: |
COLCHICACEAE |
Origin: |
South West, Cape Province;
South Africa |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Minimum - Medium |
Sun: |
Maximum |
Thickness: |
3
Centimetres |
Height: |
5-10
Centimetres |
Flower:
|
Crème |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Bulbs |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
Might
be:
Wurmbea inusta, Rune Bertil Nordenstam, 1986.
Melanthium monopetalum Carl Linnaeus Jr. 1782.
Wurmbea truncata Diederich Franz Leonhard von
Schlechtendal, 1826.
Wurmbea monopetala Rune Bertil
Nordenstam, 1986.
Skizima pumila, Raf.
Wurmbea pumila, Willd.
Wurmbea remota, Banks ex Ker-Gawl.
Wurmbea revoluta, Banks.
Melanthium inustum, Ker Gawl.
Melanthium pumilum, Ker Gawl.
Melanthium remotum, Ker Gawl.
Melanthium revolutum, Ker Gawl.
Melanthium wurmbeum, Thunb. |
This member of the Colchicaceae
family was given this name by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1781. It is
found in South and West Cape Province of South Africa, growing in a well
drained soil with little to some water and lots of sun. The bulb can
grow to three centimetres, the leaves to five to ten centimetres.
The flowers are crème coloured.
The genera is named after
Friedrick Wilhelm von Wurmb, merchant and botanist in 18th century
Batavia (Jakarta). The species mane indicates it was found at the
Cape - of South Africa. |