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Haemanthus namaquensis
Haemanthus namaquensis is a bulbous, drought-adapted perennial geophyte from the arid Succulent Karoo of southern Namibia and the Northern Cape, South Africa. It is rare in the wild and is grown mainly by specialist collectors, so keep it dry while dormant and give it bright light.
Haemanthus namaquensis is a perennial flowering plant and geophyte that belongs to the genus Haemanthus and is part of the Succulent Karoo vegetation. The species is native to the Northern Cape and Namibia. It occurs from southern Namibia to Karkams in Namaqualand. There are eight subpopulations in an area of occurrence of 4000 km2, the plant is considered rare.
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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.
