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Empodium elongatum

Family
Hypoxidaceae (Hypoxid family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Native range
S. Africa
Climate
subtropical

About

Empodium elongatum is a perennial flowering plant and tuber-forming geophyte belonging to the genus Empodium. The species is native to Eswatini, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho and the Free State.

Other Empodium plants

Empodium flexile · Empodium gloriosum · Empodium monophyllum · Empodium namaquensis · Autumn star · Empodium veratrifolium · Autumn Stars

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Empodium elongatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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