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Resnova humifusa
Resnova humifusa is a small bulbous perennial geophyte from South Africa, a species in the Asparagus family that grows from a bulb and dies back in dry periods. Grow it like other African bulbs: plant in free-draining soil, water during the growing season and keep dry while dormant.
Resnova humifusa is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family. It is a bulbous perennial plant, native to the Northern Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
The homoisoflavanone 5,6-dimethoxy-7-hydroxy-3-(4′-hydroxybenzyl)-4-chromanone can be found in the bulbs of R. humifusa.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Resnova humifusa 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.
