DIPCADI BREVIFOLIUM
Author:
Henri Georges Fourcade, 1932
Family:
HYACINTHACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 21: 78 (1932)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
4 Centimetres
Height:
6 (20) Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds/Bulbs
CITES:
Synonyms:
Hyacinthus brevifolius, Carl Peter Thunberg, 1794.
Scilla brevifolia Ker Gawl. 1812.
Periboea brevifolia, Kunth, 1843.
Baeoterpe brevifolia, Salisb.1866.
Dipcadi hyacinthoides, Baker.
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Dipcadi spirale, Baker.
Lachenalia graminifolia Sol. ex Baker.
Ornithogalum hyacinthoides, J.C.Manning & Goldblatt.
Polemannia hyacinthoides, P.J.Bergius ex Schltdl.
Uropetalon hyacinthoides, Spreng.
This member of the Hyacinthaceae family was given this name by Henri Georges Fourcade in 1932. It is found in South Africa, Namibia, Madagascar and the Mozambique Channel Islands, growing in grit or other well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The bulb can grow to four centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to six centimetres in height. The flowers are from greenish white to brown.
The genera name from the Turkish name for the musk hyacinth. The species name brevifolium is Latin for 'short' or 'small leaves'. *) Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Hyacinthaceae is now part of the Asparagaceae.
Flower
Greenish White - Light Brown
Soil
Grit
Water
Medium
Sun
Maximum
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