| Author: |
Pauline Lesley Perry, 1994 | |
Family: |
ERIOSPERMACEAE* |
| Origin: |
Western South Africa |
| Soil: |
Quartz Gravel - Mix |
| Water: |
Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
1 Centimetre |
| Height: |
2 Centimetres |
| Flower: |
White |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names: |
- |
| Synonyms: |
- |
This member of the
Eriospermaceae* family
was given this name by Pauline Lesley Perry in 1994. It is found in Western Cape
Province; South Africa, growing in a well drained quartz soil with some water and
lots of sun. The caudex can grow to one centimetres in diameter, the entire plant
to two centimetres in height. The flowers are white.
The genera name from Greek; erion;
'woll' and Greek sperma; 'seed'. The species name for the leafs
resemblance with Titanopsis, a member of the Aizoaceae
family. It must be a whole group of Eriospermums!
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG
IV 2016,
Eriospermaceae
is now part of
the Asparagaceae.
This is a
winter-grower. | 
