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White Fluffyseed

Eriospermum cooperi

Also called White Woolseed

White Fluffyseed
Photo: Antoinette Eyssell_Knox, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
S. Africa
Climate
subtropical

About

Eriospermum cooperi is a species of flowering plant of the Asparagaceae family. It is a summer rainfall species found in rocky grassland and open scrub from the Eastern Cape, South Africa to Zimbabwe. It has a solitary erect leaf, white to pale green flowers and grows to 60 cm. The outer tepals are sometimes reddish brown.

Other Eriospermum plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eriospermum cooperi 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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