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Veltheimia capensis

Common names: quarobe, sand lily (Eng.); kwarobe, sandlelie (Afr.)

Family: Hyacinthaceae

... the old leaves have completely withered. Within the family Hyacinthaceae, Veltheimia forms part of the tribe Massonieae ...

30 / 07 / 2018 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG

Veltheimia bracteata

Common names: forest lily, forest sand-lily, winter red hot poker (Eng.); sandui, sandlelie (Afr.)

Family: Hyacinthaceae

... V. deasii are synonyms for Veltheimia capensis. The family Hyacinthaceae was formerly part of the Liliaceae family and ...

27 / 08 / 2001 | Trevor Adams | Kirstenbosch NBG

Schizocarphus nervosus

Common names: white scilla, white wild squill (Eng.); sandlelie (Afr.); seboka (Sesotho); imbita-yebantwana, ndvwendvweni (siSwati); sabantwana, umagaqana, inkwitel

Family: Hyacinthaceae

20 / 07 / 2015 | M.S. Mothogoane | National Herbarium Pretoria

Sagittanthera mzimvubuensis

Common names: Mzimvubu-ruby (Eng.); kransrobyn (Afr.)

Family: Hyacinthaceae

04 / 01 / 2016 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Pseudogaltonia clavata

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

Ornithogalum viridiflorum

Common names: green berg lily

Family: Hyacinthaceae

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

Ornithogalum thyrsoides

Common names: chincherinchee, wonder-flower, star-of-Bethlehem (Eng.), tjienkerientjee, tjienk, wit-tjienk, viooltjie (Afr.)

Family: Hyacinthaceae

... is Ornithogalum saundersiae Ornithogalum belongs to the Hyacinthaceae that ranks among the 20 largest families in the ...

26 / 12 / 2005 | Yashica Singh | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Ornithogalum saundersiae

Common names: giant chincherinchee ( Eng. ); reuse tjienkerientjee (Afr.)

Family: Hyacinthaceae

... plants. Ornithogalum is the largest genus of the family Hyacinthaceae in southern Africa. It contains a total of more ...

05 / 09 / 2005 | Ronell R. Klopper | National Herbarium Pretoria

Ornithogalum regale

Common names: Royal Berg Lily (Eng.)

Family: Hyacinthaceae

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

Ornithogalum princeps

Common names: berg lily, summer hyacinth (Eng.); berglelie (Afr.)

Family: Hyacinthaceae

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

Ornithogalum longibracteatum

Common names: pregnant onion

Family: Hyacinthaceae

11 / 03 / 2024 | | Walter Sisulu NBG

Ornithogalum dubium

Common names: yellow chincherinchee (Eng.); geeltjienkerientjee, geeltjienk (Afr.); itsweletswele lasethafeni (Xhosa)

Family: Hyacinthaceae

09 / 01 / 2012 | Olivia Tyambetyu | Kirstenbosch NBG

Ornithogalum conicum

Common names: chincherinchee, pure white star-of-Bethlehem (Eng.); tjienkerintjee, viooltjie (Afr.)

Family: Hyacinthaceae

... are perennial, bulbous geophytes that belong in the Hyacinthaceae, a large family of about 46 genera and 900 ...

08 / 05 / 2017 | Nomama Mei | Kirstenbosch NBG

Ornithogalum candicans

Common names: berg lily, summer hyacinth, Cape hyacinth (Eng.); berglelie, Kaapse hiasint (Afr.); isidwa esimhlope (Zulu)

Family: Hyacinthaceae

21 / 11 / 2005 | Ronell R. Klopper | Pretoria NBG

Merwilla plumbea subsp. kraussii

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

Merwilla plumbea

Common names: wild squill, blue squill, blue hyacinth, blouberglelie, blouslangkop, inguduza

Family: Hyacinthaceae

... the flowers. Merwilla plumbea belongs in the family Hyacinthaceae (hyacinth family). It was previously ... diagnostic tool. Merwilla plumbea belongs in the family Hyacinthaceae (hyacinth family), formerly part of the ...

22 / 10 / 2001 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG