Eriospermum spirale (L.) Bergius ex Schult. & Schult.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Eriospermum

Characteristics

Tiny, tuberous geophyte, up to 60 mm tall. Leaf drying before flowering, blade terete. Flowers in a narrowly conical raceme on a wiry, coiled scape bearing stout, persistent pedicels, star-shaped, white to yellow, filaments filiform.
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Tuberous geophyte to 6 cm, peduncle wiry and coiled. Leaf terete. Flowers star-shaped, white or yellow, on long, persistent pedicels.
A bulb plant.
Life form perennial
Growth form -
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.06
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible bulbs roots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Eriospermum spirale world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:534887-1
WFO ID wfo-0000766869
COL ID 3B6KX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Anthericum spirale Eriospermum confertum Eriospermum spirale Ornithogalum spirale Phalangium spirale