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Strumaria phonolithica is a bulbous geophyte from the daffodil and onion family, endemic to the rocky shrublands of southwestern Namibia, usually found in phonolite gravels. It is a rare wild species rarely grown in cultivation, so care guidance is drawn mainly from related Strumaria and similar dry-climate bulbs.
Strumaria phonolithica is an Amaryllidaceous plant species (tribe Amaryllideae) endemic to Namibia. Its narrow funnel-shaped flowers are, jointly with those of Strumaria barbarae, the largest in the genus. It grows in subtropical shrubland, tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas in the Aurus and Klinghardt Mountains of the Tsau ǁKhaeb Sperrgebiet National Park in southwestern Namibia, where it is usually to be found growing in phonolite gravels (- whence the specific name phonolithica)
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Strumaria phonolithica 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.
