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Ornithogalum xanthochlorum
Namaqua chink is a South African bulbous geophyte from the Cape region, grown for its spikes of yellow-green star flowers. It needs a dry dormant period and good drainage.
Ornithogalum xanthochlorum is a species of flowering plant in the genus Ornithogalum. It is endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. It also known as the Namaqua chink or slangkop (Afrikaans for snake head).
Ornithogalum xanthochlorum is found in the Northern Cape and the Western Cape.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ornithogalum xanthochlorum 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.
