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Albuca fastigiata

Albuca fastigiata
Common names: large spreading white albuca (Eng.), slymstok, slymuintjie (Afr.), umaphipha-intelezi (isiZulu).
Family: Hyacinthaceae

16 / 06 / 2025 | Amanda Mdladla | Free State NBG
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Albuca cremnophila

Albuca cremnophila in flower, Kirstenbosch NBG
Common names: Baviaanskloof cliff-albuca (Eng.), Baviaanskloof-kransslymstok.
Family: Hyacinthaceae

19 / 05 / 2025 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Albuca thermarum

Albuca thermarum in flower at Kirstenbosch NBG
Common names: Badspoort cliff albuca (Eng.), Badspoort-kransslymstok (Afr.).
Family: Hyacinthaceae

12 / 05 / 2025 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Ledebouria steenkampsbergensis

Ledebouria steenkampsbergensis flowers
Common names: Steenkampsberg African hyacinth
Family: Hyacinthaceae

07 / 04 / 2025 | Andrew Hankey | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Drimia sanguinea

Drimia sanguinea bulb
Common names: red squill (Eng.), rooislangkop, gifbol (Afr.), sekanama, skanama (Sepedi), umahlogolozi (isiZulu).
Family: Hyacinthaceae

10 / 03 / 2025 | Dineo Dibakwane | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Pseudogaltonia clavata

Pseudogaltonia clavata plants in flower in habitat
Common names: desert coconut, desert hyacinth, osonanga lily, Namibian slangkop, Cape hyacinth, (Eng.); gifbol, groenlelie, slangkop, Namibia-slangkop (Afr.)
Family: Hyacinthaceae

... that can span many years. Like many members of the Hyacinthaceae, all parts of the plant are highly toxic. ... Botswana and Angola. Pseudogaltonia belongs to the family Hyacinthaceae, which comprises 700–900 species of bulbous ... in both southern Africa and the Mediterranean Region. The Hyacinthaceae is considered an important horticultural ...

09 / 12 / 2024 | Natasha Lombard | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Ledebouria burkei subsp. stolonissima

Ledebouria burkei subsp. stolonissima
Common names: Lebowa African hyacinth
Family: Hyacinthaceae

15 / 04 / 2024 | Andrew Hankey | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Albuca bracteata

Albuca bracteata
Common names: pregnant onion, false sea onion, sea-onion (Eng.); witui (Afr.); umababaza (isiZulu); masxabana (isiXhosa)
Family: Hyacinthaceae

11 / 03 / 2024 | Mlondi Sikhosana | KwaZulu-Natal NBG
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Ornithogalum longibracteatum

Common names: pregnant onion
Family: Hyacinthaceae

11 / 03 / 2024 | | KwaZulu-Natal NBG
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Ledebouria venteri

Ledebouria venteri in habitat on a shale cliff on a farm along the Gouritz River
Common names: Gouritz cliff squill, Venter’s African hyacinth (Eng.); Gouritz krans-slangkop (Afr.)
Family: Hyacinthaceae

26 / 02 / 2024 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Ledebouria pilosa

Ledebouria pilosa
Common names: hairy-leaved African hyacinth (Eng.)
Family: Hyacinthaceae

15 / 01 / 2024 | Andrew Hankey | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Ledebouria loedolffiae

Ledebouria loedolffiae in habitat
Common names: spotted cliff African hyacinth, spotted cliff squill (Eng.), kransbontblaar (Afr.)
Family: Hyacinthaceae

... , commonly called African hyacinth or squill (Family Hyacinthaceae) are semi-succulent bulbous plants mainly grown ...

01 / 01 / 2024 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Ledebouria humifusa

Ledebouria humifusa
Common names: broad-leaved African hyacinth
Family: Hyacinthaceae

23 / 10 / 2023 | Andrew Hankey | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Merwilla plumbea subsp. kraussii

A clump of Merwilla plumbea subsp. kraussii in flower
Common names: dwarf blue squill, wild squill, dwarf scilla (Eng.); kleinblouslangkop, kleinblouberglelie (Afr.); ichitha, inguduza (isiZulu)
Family: Hyacinthaceae

02 / 10 / 2023 | Dineo Dibakwane | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Merwilla dracomontana

Merwilla dracomontana
Common names: miniature blue squill, moutain squill, dragon mountain squill, alpine squill
Family: Hyacinthaceae

... called Scilla dracomontana and it falls under the Hyacinthaceae family. This is a family of perennial bulbs and ...

07 / 08 / 2023 | Dineo Dibakwane | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Ornithogalum viridiflorum

Ornithogalum viridiflorum
Common names: green berg lily
Family: Hyacinthaceae

08 / 05 / 2023 | Khotatso Baloyi | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Ornithogalum princeps

Ornithogalum princeps
Common names: berg lily, summer hyacinth (Eng.); berglelie (Afr.)
Family: Hyacinthaceae

17 / 04 / 2023 | Ndiyafhi Muthuhadini | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Ornithogalum regale

Ornithogalum regale. Photo Peter Warren
Common names: Royal Berg Lily (Eng.)
Family: Hyacinthaceae

05 / 12 / 2022 | Dineo Dibakwane | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Galtonia regalis

Common names: Royal Berg Lily
Family: Hyacinthaceae

05 / 12 / 2022 | | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Ledebouria atropurpurea

Ledebouria atropurpurea
Common names: purple African hyacinth
Family: Hyacinthaceae

28 / 11 / 2022 | Andrew Hankey | Walter Sisulu NBG
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