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Micranthus cruciatus
Crossleaf Combflower is a small tuberous perennial geophyte in the iris family, endemic to the Northern and Western Cape of South Africa. It is a rare wild species of the Cederberg and Bokkeveld Mountains, so it is rarely grown in gardens and cultivation details are sparse.
Micranthus cruciatus is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is a perennial geophyte. The species is endemic to the Northern Cape and Western Cape and occurs in the northern Cederberg and Bokkeveld Mountains. The plant flowers in December and closely resembles Micranthus plantagineus.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Micranthus cruciatus 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.
