APODOLIRION BUCHANANII

This member of the Amaryllidaceae family was given this name by John Gilbert Baker in 1878. It is found in the grasslands of south and eastern South Africa and Eswatini, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The bulb can grow to 1,5 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to six centimetres in height. The flowers are from white to pink.

The genera name from Greek; apod; 'without a foot', and lirion, a white lily; for the 'stemless flower'. The species is named after John Buchanan, 1819-1898, a botanist with the Geological Survey in New Zealand. The plant flowers in the early spring in the wild. A drawing showing the grass-like leaves from Casabio.org. A drawing of the bulb from Casabio.org.