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Thereianthus elandsmontanus
Thereianthus elandsmontanus is a small tuberous perennial geophyte from the iris family, known only from one site in the Western Cape, South Africa. It is rarely grown and is best kept as a cool-season bulb-like plant in a sunny, well-drained spot, dormant in summer.
Thereianthus elandsmontanus is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is a perennial geophyte and is part of the fynbos and renosterveld. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs at the foot of the Elandskloof Mountain, near Hermon. There is only one subpopulation, which was only discovered in 2011 after a controlled fire of fynbos between fields. There is a possibility that other subpopulations exist. The plant is threatened by lack of fire, invasive plants, absence of insects that fertilize the plant, fertilizers and insecticides
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thereianthus elandsmontanus 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.
