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Lachenalia carnosa
Flesh Viooltjie (Lachenalia carnosa) is a small South African bulbous geophyte from the arid Namaqualand region. It grows best in full sun with a dry summer rest, as it is adapted to winter rain and dry summers.
Lachenalia carnosa is a species of geophyte in the genus Lachenalia. It is endemic to the Northern Cape and Western Cape. It is also known by the names Namakwa- persviooltjie (Afrikaans for small purple Namaqua violin) and flesh viooltjie.
Lachenalia carnosa is widespread across Namaqualand, from Steinkopf to the southern Knersvlakte. It is common in central and western Namaqualand, and in the Kamiesberge.
Cape Cowslip · Red Lachenalia · Wild hyacinth · Corymb Polyxena · Crown Polyxena · Yellow Viooltjie · Lachenalia klinghardtiana · Long Polyxena · Pied Viooltjie · Namib Viooltjie · Aurus Viooltjie · Pendant Viooltjie
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lachenalia carnosa 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.
