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Cape Woolseed

Eriospermum capense

Cape Woolseed
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Eriospermum capense is a species of geophytic plant of the genus Eriospermum, indigenous to the Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Where it grows

Eriospermum capense is widespread and common in the south-western winter-rainfall regions of South Africa.

Other Eriospermum plants

Eriospermum bayeri · Palm Woolseed · Eriospermum breviscapum · 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 capense 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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