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Hessea

Hessea
Photo: Pancrace Bessa, Public domain
Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb

About

Hessea is a genus of bulb-forming plants in the Amaryllis family native to Namibia and South Africa. The genus name commemorates C. H. F. Hesse (1772–1832), who resided in Cape Town from 1800 to 1817.

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Match Sambreeltjie · Cinnamon Sambreeltjie · Kamies Sambreetjie · Pond Sambreeltjie · Mountain Sambreeltjie · Wash Sambreeltjie · Hessea pulcherrima · Hessea pusilla · Hessea speciosa · Star Sambreeltjie · Hessea stenosiphon · Hessea tenuipedicellata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hessea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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