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Galtonia
Also called Star Of Bethlehems, Chincherinchees
Galtonia is a genus of plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. Native to Southern Africa, the genus is named after Sir Francis Galton. According to some authorities it has been subsumed into Ornithogalum as a subgenus, while others prefer to keep it as a separate genus.
The species of Galtonia sensu stricto are distributed in the high precipitation summer rainfall, high-altitude areas of the Drakensberg, Low Drakensberg, Southern Berg and Natal Midlands of the eastern provinces of South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Mpumalanga and Eastern Cape) and Lesotho.
Galtonia viridiflora with its pale green flowers, and the white flowered Galtonia candicans or Cape Hyacinth are sold as ornamental garden plants, usually as Galtonia, while Galtonia saundersiae is more commonly listed as Ornithogalum.
North Leaning Star · Arabian Starflower · Brotero's Star Of Bethlehem · Summer Hyacinth · Divergent Star Of Bethlehem · Gold Chincherinchee · Gabrielyan's Starflowers · Ornithogalum libanoticum · Ornithogalum maculatum · Bath Asparagus · Drooping star of Bethlehem · Pyrenees star of Bethlehem
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Galtonia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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