Lapeirousia Pyramidalis ssp Pyramidalis - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Large Propagators

Lapeirousia Pyramidalis ssp Pyramidalis - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Large PropagatorsLapeirousia is a genus with about 40 species in the Iridaceae family that is found across sub Saharan Africa from Nigeria and Ethiopia to the south western Cape. The root stock is a bell shaped or triangular corm with a flat base with woody or densely compacted fibres. Leaves are flat and curved to narrow and pleated. A number of very diverse species are found in Namaqualand and the north western Cape in semi arid habitats. Many of the Cape and

often called Strawflower because of its stiff flower and stem

white flowers with green tubes & red keels Spring to Summer

The ray florets are yellow

very showy & tolerates extreme aridity

The best-known member of the genus is sesame

Triangular to tapered smooth blue- to grey-green spotted leaves

the Chinese white pine

mottled leaves

and Desert-rose

Comfrey has been used in folk medicine as a poultice for treating burns and wounds

pale grey smooth bark

Distinguished from subspecies lesliei by colour and markings