Boophone haemanthoides

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Common name: Gifbol, Kwaslelie, Candelabra flower, Incotho

Family: Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis)

Distribution: Namibia, Northern Cape to Western Cape

Habitat: Saldanha Flats Strandveld and Namaqualand Strandveld

National red list: Least Concern

Life form: Geophyte (bulb, corm or tuber - seasonally dormant)

Comments: The dry flower heads, which contain the seeds, roll and topple in the wind ensuring that the seeds are spread far and wide. As seed heads often come to rest when blown against fences, larger numbers of the plants are found growing along fences than elsewhere.

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1: Arid House 1, outside beds (Arid House 1 - out) • Accession: 1999-288/2 • Provenance: Unrecorded
2: Arid House 1 • Accession: 1999-288/3 • Provenance: Unrecorded
3: Bulb collection (BULB) • Accession: 2019-243/1 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
4: Tropical house 1, outside beds (Tropical House 1 - o) • Accession: 1999-288/1 • Provenance: Unrecorded

Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

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Boophone haemanthoides

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