Boophone haemanthoides
Boophone haemanthoides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
Genus: | Boophone |
Species: | B. haemanthoides |
Binomial name | |
Boophone haemanthoides F.M. Leighton | |
Boophone haemanthoides is a plant species native to Namibia and South Africa. It is a bulb-forming herb with more than half of its scaly bulb appearing above ground. It produces a rather large umbel of pink flowers with narrow tepals.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Leighton, Frances Margaret. Journal of South African Botany 13: 59. 1947
- ↑ Plantz Africa, Boophone haemanthoides