Pseudogaltonia clavata
| Family: | Hyacinthaceae |
| Full name: | Pseudogaltonia clavata (Mast.) E.Phillips |
| Location: | Kyffhäuser (2416AD + 2416CB) |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Slangkop, Groenlelie, Suidwes slangkop, SWA slangkop |
| English common name(s): | Cape hyacinth, Desert hyacinth |
| Synonym(s): | Ornithogalum clavatum, Galtonia clavata Mast. Hyacinthus pechuelii Kuntze Lindneria clavata (Mast.) Speta Lindneria fibrillosa T.Durand & Lubbers Pseudogaltonia pechuelii (Kuntze) Engl. Pseudogaltonia subspicata Baker |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Stiff red-brown hairs at base. It produces huge bulbs that look like coconuts. Flowers are white and funnel-shaped. (from Pacific Bulb Society website) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Photographer: | AA Dreyer |
| Date of photograph: | 13 Dec 2008 |
| Camera make: | Canon |
| Camera model: | PowerShot A700 |
| Lens aperture: | f/4.0 |
| Shutter speed: | 1/640 s |
| ISO speed: | - |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
