ERIOSPERMUM ERIOPHORUM

This member of the Eriospermaceae* family was given this name by Pauline Lesley Perry in 1989. It is found south of Van Rhynsdorp in mid-western South Africa, growing in a clayish soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to three centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to nine centimetres in height. The flowers are pale cream with green mid-nerve and overlaid with fine red striations. The genera name from Greek; erion; 'woll' and Greek sperma; 'seed'. The species name from Greek; erion 'woolly' and -orum; '-like', for the leaf. This is a winter-grower, blooming in the spring. Another plant, also Jean Andre Audissou, Inaturalist.ca.