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Brunsvigia nervosa

Brunsvigia nervosa
Photo: Botanical Register, Public domain

Brunsvigia nervosa is a bulbous geophyte from the Cape of South Africa, related to the amaryllis family. It is grown mainly by specialist collectors; keep the bulb dry during its summer dormancy and water in the growing season.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during the autumn to spring growing season and keep almost dry while dormant in summer.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gritty mix; bulb must not sit in wet soil.
Temperature
Mild to warm; tolerates light frost when dry, protect from hard freeze.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Brunsvigia nervosa is a geophyte belonging to the Amaryllidaceae family. The species is endemic to the Eastern and Western Capes of South Africa.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Brunsvigia nervosa 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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