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Albuca viscosa
Albuca viscosa is a small bulbous geophyte from the dry western and northern Cape of South Africa, with sticky leaves and drooping yellow flowers. It needs a sunny, free-draining spot and a dry winter-to-summer rest pattern to thrive.
Albuca viscosa, commonly called the sticky albuca, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, that is native to Western and Northern Cape Provinces, South Africa.
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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.
