WURMBEA CAPENSIS
Author:
Carl Peter Thunberg, 1781
Family:
COLCHICACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Nov. Gen. Pl. 1: 18 (1781)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
3 Centimetres
Height:
5-10 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds/Bulbs
CITES:
Synonyms:
Might be: Wurmbea inusta, Rune Bertil Nordenstam, 1986.
Melanthium monopetalum Carl Linnaeus Jr. 1782.
Wurmbea truncata Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, 1826.
Wurmbea monopetala Rune Bertil Nordenstam, 1986.
Skizima pumila, Raf.
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Wurmbea pumila, Willd.
Wurmbea remota, Banks ex Ker-Gawl.
Wurmbea revoluta, Banks.
Melanthium inustum, Ker Gawl.
Melanthium pumilum, Ker Gawl.
Melanthium remotum, Ker Gawl.
Melanthium revolutum, Ker Gawl.
Melanthium wurmbeum, Thunb.
This member of the Colchicaceae family was given this name by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1781. It is found in South and West Cape Province of South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with little to some water and lots of sun. The bulb can grow to three centimetres, the leaves to five to ten centimetres. The flowers are crème coloured. The genera is named after Friedrick Wilhelm von Wurmb, merchant and botanist in 18th century Batavia (Jakarta). The species mane indicates it was found at the Cape - of South Africa. Wild plants by Andrew Massyn, Wikimedia.org.
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Crème
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