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Tulbaghia maritima

Common names: Garden Route garlic, coast wild garlic (Eng), kuswildenoflok (Afr.)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

... sharing his knowledge on the cultivation of this species. Tulbaghia maritima is a herbaceous perennial with a short and ... reveal black, elongated triangular seeds, 1.5-2.5 mm long. Tulbaghia maritima is similar to the the species Tulbaghia violacea , however its leaves are shorter and ...

21 / 07 / 2025 | Siphesihle Precious Sibiya | Kirstenbosch NBG

Common names: poet’s garlic, Codd’s wild garlic (Eng.)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

... in Hhohho, eSwatini and providing images of it too. Tulbaghia coddii is a delicate, evergreen, clump forming, ... when they have ripened. According to the SANBI Red List, Tulbaghia coddii is a South African endemic that occurs in ... over sheet rocks, and in open grassland with clay soil. Tulbaghia coddii is one of the Tulbaghia species that is ...

05 / 05 / 2025 | Ziphezinhle Madonsela | Lowveld NBG

Common names: Pretoria wild garlic (Eng.); Pretoria-wildeknoffel (Afr.)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

... the authors thank Carel Fourie for providing images. Tulbaghia pretoriensis is a slender, erect, solitary, ... on elongated pedicels. This species looks similar to Tulbaghia acutiloba however they are significantly different ... found in Limpopo and T. macrocarpa in Zimbabwe . Tulbaghia pretoriensis is only found in Gauteng province. So ...

02 / 09 / 2024 | Dineo Dibakwane | Walter Sisulu NBG

Common names: sweet wild garlic, pink wild garlic (Eng.); soetwildeknoffel (Afr.); iswele lezinyoka (isiZulu)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

... Peter Warren and Alice Notten for providing images. Tulbaghia natalensis is an evergreen, clump-forming bulbous ... relative of the onion. Throughout the whole world, Tulbaghia natalensis only occurs in South Africa. It grows in ... bee and honeybees are mostly responsible for pollinating Tulbaghia natalensis . They are attracted to the scent of the ...

10 / 06 / 2024 | Dineo Dibakwane | Walter Sisulu NBG

Common names: wild garlic (Eng.); wildeknoffel (Afr.); isihihi (Xho.); ishaladi lezinyoka (Zul.); motsuntsunyane, sefothafotha (sSo.)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden February 2019 Tulbaghia acutiloba is a small, clump-forming, bulbous ... All parts of the plant smell of garlic when touched. Tulbaghia acutiloba grows in dry rocky grasslands, up to ... of South Africa, and in Lesotho, Swaziland and Botswana. Tulbaghia acutiloba flowers attract butterflies, bees and ...

25 / 02 / 2019 | Bathabile Ndlovu | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Common names: sweet wild garlic, sweet garlic, fragrant tulbaghia (Eng.); soetwildeknoffel, aandblommetjie (Afr.)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden September 2013 Tulbaghia simmleri is a slender, erect, clump-forming, ... months into spring, May-September. In comparison with Tulbaghia violacea (Wild Garlic) that many gardeners are ... in T. simmleri is a more noticeable feature of the flower. Tulbaghia simmleri is endemic to a relatively small area in ...

30 / 09 / 2013 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG

Common names: wild garlic, society garlic (Eng.); wildeknoffel, wildeknoflok (Afr.); utswelane (Xho.); isihaqa, incinsini, (Zul.)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

... Harris Free State National Botanical Garden September 2004 Tulbaghia violacea is a fast-growing, bulbous plant that ... to as far north as Zimbabwe. Most of the species of Tulbaghia are adapted for moth pollination and have dull ... butterflies and bees as they are scented during the day. Tulbaghia Tulbaghia violacea grows very easily in most soils. ...

27 / 09 / 2004 | Shireen Harris | Free State NBG

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Plants of the Week Advanced Search

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Search results for "Tulbaghia" (displaying 7 of 7 on page 1)

Tulbaghia maritima

Tulbaghia coddii

Tulbaghia pretoriensis

Tulbaghia natalensis

Tulbaghia acutiloba

Tulbaghia simmleri

Tulbaghia violacea