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Lapeirousia barklyi is a small tuberous geophyte in the iris family from the arid Succulent Karoo of southwestern Namibia and the northwestern Cape. Its underground corm lets it survive long dry spells, and it is best grown in a sunny, very well-drained spot.
Lapeirousia barklyi is a perennial geophyte belonging to the genus Lapeirousia and is part of the Succulent Karoo. The species is native to the Northern Cape and southern Namibia and occurs from Lüderitz to Kleinzee. The plant has a range of 6751 km². It is threatened by open pit mining activities from Alexander Bay to Kleinzee and inland in the Orange River Valley to Sendelingsdrift.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lapeirousia barklyi 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.
