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Geissorhiza aspera
Also called Blue Satinflower, Blue Sequins, Common Satin, Velvet Satin
A small, velvety-stemmed bulbous plant from South Africa's Cape region, grown for its star-shaped blue or violet spring flowers. It needs a winter-wet, sunny spot with sandy, well-drained soil and a dry summer rest.
Geissorhiza aspera, also known as the blue satin flower or blou sysie, is a geophyte from South Africa.
This species is endemic to South Africa. This species was believed to be limited to the Western Cape until 2012, when a population in Namaqualand in the Northern Cape. It is found growing between Gifberg and Agulhas, where it is most common on moist sandy soils at altitudes of 70–100 m (230–330 ft).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Geissorhiza aspera 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.
