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Lachenalia contaminata
Also called Pox Viooltjie, Vlei Viooltjie
Lachenalia contaminata (wild hyacinth) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to the Western Cape of South Africa. It is a bulbous perennial growing to 25 cm (10 in) tall, with grass-like leaves and fleshy stems bearing brushlike white flowers tipped with maroon in spring.
The Latin specific epithet contaminata refers to the flowers which appear to be "contaminated" with red or brown markings.
Cape Cowslip · Red Lachenalia · Flesh Viooltjie · 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 contaminata 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.
