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Tulbaghia violacea

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

Family: Amaryllidaceae

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

Tulbaghia simmleri

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

Family: Amaryllidaceae

30 / 09 / 2013 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG

Tulbaghia pretoriensis

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

Family: Amaryllidaceae

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

Tulbaghia natalensis

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

Family: Amaryllidaceae

... place it in the subfamily Allioideae in the family Amaryllidaceae. The onion family was named after the the ...

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

Tulbaghia maritima

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

Family: Amaryllidaceae

... snails, slugs and lily borer (favours members of the Amaryllidaceae family) cause a lot of damage to the foliage. ... most of which are bulbous. Tulbaghia belongs to the family Amaryllidaceae. Historically, the genus was classified under ... studies have since led to its reclassification into the Amaryllidaceae family, specifically within the subfamily ...

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

Tulbaghia coddii

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

Family: Amaryllidaceae

... region, it falls under Allioideae, a subfamily in the Amaryllidaceae family. The Allioideae was previously treated ... 2023 Angiosperm Phylogeny Group Journal where the merge to Amaryllidaceae came to effect and Alliaceae family was ...

05 / 05 / 2025 | Ziphezinhle Madonsela | Lowveld NBG

Tulbaghia acutiloba

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

Family: Amaryllidaceae

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

Strumaria truncata

Common names: Namaqualand snowflake

Family: Amaryllidaceae

06 / 05 / 2002 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG

Strumaria tenella subsp. orientalis

Common names: Free State snowflake ( Eng. ); tolbol (Afr.)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

10 / 03 / 2008 | Luambo David Rambuwani | Free State NBG

Strumaria phonolithica

Common names: none known

Family: Amaryllidaceae

21 / 07 / 2014 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG

Strumaria

Common names: Cape snowflake (Eng.); tolbol (Afr.)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

... cycle is much like that of other deciduous members of the Amaryllidaceae from the winter rainfall region of South ... Strumaria Jacq. Strumaria Among the southern African Amaryllidaceae, Strumaria is second only to Cyrtanthus in ...

15 / 09 / 2008 | D Snijman | Compton Herbarium

Scadoxus puniceus

Common names: Paintbrush lily, Snake lily (E), Rooikwas (Afr), isisphompho, umgola (Z)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

08 / 10 / 2001 | Sharon Turner | Walter Sisulu NBG

Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. katharinae

Common names: fireball lily, blood flower, katharine wheel, poison root (Eng.); bloedblom, gifwortel (Afr.); inkupulwane (isiXhosa); idunjana, ubukhoswane (isiZulu)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

26 / 02 / 2001 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG