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Ledebouria loskopica
With its hairy leaves and strongly scented flowers, the Loskop African hyacinth was only recently formally recognized as a new species, despite being first...
Ledebouria loedolffiae
Ledebouria loedolffiae is a cluster-forming, evergreen, bulbous plant with mottled leaves in a rosette and small purplish flowers carried on an ascending...
Ledebouria linioseta
A cryptic, dwarf, bulbous plant species; the plants hiding between huge boulders in the hills around a small town above the Mpumalanga escarpment, producing...
Ledebouria leptophylla
A miniature and very well-hidden species, which is easily overlooked in the field because of its small size and grass-like leaves. ...
Ledebouria lepida
A curious dwarf novelty Ledebouria from the Waterberg in the Limpopo Province that is rare in the wild and creates a colourful display of small purple...
Ledebouria lachenalioides
A rare bulbous plant from high in the Drakensberg, with broadly lanceolate, green leaves and large, pink flowers in spring....
Ledebouria inquinata
A dwarf bulbous plant with tapered green leaves, which are usually attractively spotted with dark brown spots and blotches. The bulbs are covered with...
Ledebouria hypoxidioides
A highly unique species in the genus since it is the only species with leaves that are densely covered with shaggy hairs. This species is also only known...
Ledebouria humifusa
The broad-leaved African hyacinth is a bulbous plant with broad usually spotted leaves, which prefers to grow in the shade of forests or wooded areas amongst...
Ledebouria glauca
A rare and relatively unknown species of African hyacinth from the hot and semi-arid regions of South Africa. This unusual species is very distinctive...
Ledebouria genus
The genus Ledebouria was described in 1821 by Roth, although the history of the genus dates back even further, with several authors placing it...
Ledebouria galpinii
A very attractive, dwarf, bulbous Ledebouria species, with dark purplish green, glossy leaves, which are pitted on the upper surface. This species is popular...
Ledebouria floribunda
A large and usually attractively spotted Ledebouria species; this species is one of the largest species in the entire genus....
Ledebouria ensifolia
This is a fairly common species found mainly in the Eastern Cape Province; it is easily confused with several other species of Ledebouria, be sure to look...
Ledebouria davidsoniae
Dwarf bulbous plant with small, striped leaves and pale pink to whitish flowers in spring and summer....
Ledebouria crispa
Although rare in cultivation, this interesting dwarf ledebouria with its narrow, strongly crinkled, green to grey grey-green leaves, makes an attractive...
Ledebouria cremnophila
A rare species restricted to the mountainous areas of the Barberton region in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa, where it prefers to grow on steep...
Ledebouria coriacea
A rare Ledebouria, restricted to a small area around Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. This relatively unknown species has attractively...
Ledebouria cooperi
A widespread and common species usually associated with water or moist vegetation types, Cooper’s African Hyacinth is an attractive, small bulbous...
Ledebouria confusa
A medium sized bulbous plant, which occurs across the Highveld areas of the North West, Limpopo, Gauteng and Mpumalanga Provinces of South Africa. This...