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Eriospermum proliferum
Needles Woolseed is a small South African tuberous geophyte in the Asparagus family, with a single hairy leaf and white flowers in late summer. It grows from a tuber in dry, rocky, partly shaded ground, so it needs a dry dormant period and well-drained soil.
Eriospermum proliferum is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family.
This species is widespread to the south western Cape, South Africa, in the Robertson Karoo, the far western edge of the Overberg region, the western edge of the Little Karoo and surrounding areas of the Western Cape Province. In the north, its range extends along the western edge of the Northern Cape Province.
Eriospermum bayeri · Palm Woolseed · Eriospermum breviscapum · Cape Woolseed · White Fluffyseed · Mini Antler Woolseed · Eriospermum exile · Grassleaf Woolseed · Assegaai Woolseed · Fuzzy Woolseed · Hairyheart Woolseed · Eriospermum zeyheri
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eriospermum proliferum 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.
