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Palm Woolseed

Eriospermum bowieanum

Palm Woolseed
Photo: S Molteno, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Grows as
Bulb
Water
Drought tolerant
Native range
SW. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Eriospermum bowieanum is a species of geophytic plant of the genus Eriospermum, endemic to the Robertson Karoo region of the Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Where it grows

This species is endemic to the Robertson Karoo region. Its habitat is rocky, clay-rich, shale derived soils in the Shale Renosterveld and Alluvium Fynbos vegetation types, in arid areas between the towns of Worcester and Ashton. It also extends as far as Montagu in the east, and Riviersonderend in the south.

Other Eriospermum plants

Eriospermum bayeri · Eriospermum breviscapum · Cape Woolseed · White Fluffyseed · Mini Antler Woolseed · Eriospermum exile · Grassleaf Woolseed · Assegaai Woolseed · Fuzzy Woolseed · Needles Woolseed · Hairyheart Woolseed · Eriospermum zeyheri

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eriospermum bowieanum 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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