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Freesia viridis
Green Kammetjie is a small tuberous geophyte from the dry coastal fynbos and succulent scrub of South Africa's west coast, grown mainly by specialist bulb collectors. It needs very sharp drainage and a dry dormant period to survive.
Freesia viridis is a perennial, geophyte endemic to the Northern Cape and the Western Cape. The species occurs from Hondeklip Bay to Bok Bay. The plant has lost its habitat to urban development.
Freesia alba · Karoo Kammetjie · Fragrant Freesia · Riversdale Freesia · False freesia · Showy Freesia · Renoster Kammetjie · Freesias
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Freesia viridis 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.
