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Apodolirion bolusii is a small bulbous geophyte from the Amaryllidaceae family, known from a single collection in the Eastern Cape and considered extinct in the wild. It is not realistically grown by home gardeners.
Apodolirion bolusii is a geophyte belonging to the Amaryllidaceae family. The species is endemic to the Eastern Cape and occurs in the Valley of Desolation near Graaff-Reinet and is part of the Nama Karoo. The only specimen was collected in 1868 and the plant is considered extinct.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Apodolirion bolusii 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.
