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Miersia humilis

Miersia humilis
Photo: Pablo Silva, CC BY 4.0

Miersia humilis is a small bulbous geophyte from central Chile, rarely grown outside specialist collections. It is grown from a bulb that rests in summer and grows in cool, moist months.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during the cool growing season and keep dry while the bulb is dormant in summer.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gritty mix.
Temperature
10–20 °C during growth; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
C. Chile
Climate
subtropical

About

Miersia humilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae. It is a bulbous geophyte endemic to Central Chile.

Other Miersia plants

Miersia chilensis · Miersia stellata · Miersia · Speea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Miersia humilis 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.

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