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Afrosciadium eylesii

Afrosciadium eylesii
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0

Afrosciadium eylesii is a tuberous perennial herb in the carrot family, native to damp highland grasslands of southeastern Africa. It is a wild species, not a commonly grown garden or houseplant, so care advice is limited to its natural moist, cool-to-mild conditions.

Family
Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist during the growing season, as it grows in damp grassland, but avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Moist, well-drained, humus-rich soil.
Temperature
Cool to mild highland conditions; likely 10–25 °C, protect from frost.
Native range
W. & S. Tanzania to S. Trop. Africa
Climate
subtropical

About

Afrosciadium eylesii is a member of the carrot family, Apiaceae. It is a perennial tuberous herb native to southeastern Africa, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania to Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

Afrosciadium eylesii was previously classified as Peucedanum eylesii before the genus Afrosciadium was established in 2008.

Other Afrosciadium plants

Afrosciadium abyssinicum · Afrosciadium articulatum · Afrosciadium dispersum · Afrosciadium englerianum · Afrosciadium friesiorum · Afrosciadium gossweileri · Afrosciadium harmsianum · Afrosciadium kerstenii · Afrosciadium lundense · Afrosciadium lynesii · Wild parsley · Afrosciadium natalense

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Afrosciadium eylesii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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