ERIOSPERMUM MARGINATUM

This member of the Eriospermaceae* family was given this name by Pauline Lesley Perry in 1989. It is found in a 300 kilometre belt in mid-western South Africa, growing in a hard clay soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to seven centimetres wide, four centimetres in diameter, the entire plant from four to eight centimetres in height. The flowers are white with green mid-nerve and fine, red striations except around the margin and apex.

The genera name from Greek; erion; 'woll' and Greek sperma; 'seed'. The species name for the irregularly broken and minutely ciliate margin to the prostrate orbicular-cordate lamina. *) Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Eriospermaceae is now part of the Asparagaceae. Blooming in late autumn, then the leaves emerges in winter.