LEDEBOURIA COOPERI

This member of the Hyacinthaceae* family was given this name by John Gilbert Baker in 1874. It is found in Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia and South Africa, growing in a well drained but rich soil with quite some water and lots of sun. The bulb can grow to 2,5 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant from ten to 25 centimetres in height. The flowers are purple. The genera is named after Prof. Dr. Carl F. von Ledebour, 1785-1851, a German-Estonian botanist. The species name after Thomas Cooper, 1815-1913, a British horticulturalist who collected plants in South Africa from 1859 to 1862, and the father-in-law of the botanist N.E. Brown. *) Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Hyacinthaceae is now part of the Asparagaceae. Scilla adlamii Baker Scilla aggregata Baker Scilla barberi Baker Scilla cinerascens van der Merwe Scilla concinna Baker Scilla conrathii Baker Scilla cooperi Hook.f. Scilla exigua Baker Scilla fehrii Baker Scilla glaucescens van der Merwe Scilla globosa Baker Scilla inandensis Baker Scilla leichtlinii Baker Scilla londonensis Baker Scilla palustris J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans Scilla rehmannii Baker Scilla rogersii Baker Scilla saturata Baker Scilla sphaerocephala Baker Scilla subglauca Baker Scilla tristachya Baker. A wild plant from Pza.sanbi.org.