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Hessea speciosa

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Namibia to W. Cape Prov.
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Hessea speciosa, commonly known as the coconut umbrella lily, is a perennial flowering plant and geophyte belonging to the genus Hessea. The species is native to Namibia and the Northern Cape.

Other Hessea plants

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

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

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.

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