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Buffalo Garlic

Tulbaghia cominsii

Buffalo Garlic
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
E. Cape Prov. (King William's Town)
Climate
subtropical

About

Tulbaghia cominsii was a geophyte belonging to the Amaryllidaceae family. The species was endemic to the Eastern Cape and appeared in King William's Town. It had a range of only 7 km2 but is now extinct due to a road construction project.

Other Tulbaghia plants

Tulbaghia siebertii · Pungent Wild Garlic · Tulbaghia aequinoctialis · Trumpet Garlic · Tulbaghia calcarea · Tulbaghia cameronii · Cape Garlic · Tulbaghia cernua · Poets Garlic · Ajuin Wild Garlic · Tulbaghia friesii · Tulbaghia galpinii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tulbaghia cominsii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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