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Asparagaceae
Cape Cowslip
Lachenalia aloides
Resilience in winter.
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Lachenalia
- Native to
- South Africa
- Bloom season
- Winter, Spring
- Type
- bulb
- Height
- 0.5-1 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- well-drained sandy soil
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 9-11
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Cape cowslips are one of the few bulbs that bloom prolifically during the winter months in the Southern Hemisphere.
- The genus Lachenalia is named after Werner de Lachenal, an 18th-century Swiss botanist from Basel.
- There are over 100 species of Lachenalia, almost all endemic to the Western Cape of South Africa.
- Cape cowslips are pollinated by sunbirds, which are attracted to the tubular, nectar-rich flowers.
- The spotted leaves of some varieties were once thought to resemble snake skin, earning them folk names related to serpents.
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