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Strumaria tenella
Fine Snowflake is a small bulbous geophyte from South Africa and Lesotho, grown for its starry white flowers. Give it a sunny spot and a dry rest period after flowering.
Strumaria tenella is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to Lesotho, and the Cape Provinces and Free State of South Africa. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus the Younger in 1782 as Crinum tenellum. Its inflorescence of white flowers has been described as "noticeably starry".
Hantam Snowflake · Strumaria argillicola · Desert Snowflake · Gariep Snowflake · Strandveld Snowflake · Strumaria discifera · Pearl Snowflake · Strumaria hardyana · Strumaria karooica · Strumaria karoopoortensis · Sand Snowflake · Strumaria luteoloba
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Strumaria tenella 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.
