STRUMARIA AESTIVALIS

This member of the Amaryllidaceae family was given this name by Deidré Anne Snijman in 1992. It is found in three small locations north-west of Loeriesfontein in the western inlands of South Africa, growing in a well drained clayish soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow from two to four centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to 28 centimetres in height. The flowers are white with a pale pink median stripe on the reverse. It seems like Müller-Doblies suggestion for a new genera: Bokkeveldia 1996, didn't catch on.

The genera name from Latin, struma; 'a cushion-shaped swelling', and - aria which relates to 'possessing', a name that refers to the swollen base of the style. The species name from Latin and means 'pertaining to the summer'; flowering in the summer. It is opportunistic, but flowering in summer, usually followed by the leaves.