Boophone disticha
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14 Dec 2017
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Full name: | Boophone disticha (L.f.) Herb. |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Kopseerblom, Gifbol, Seerooglelie, Seeroogblom, Malgif, Perdespook |
| English common name(s): | Tumble weed, Tumbleweed, Tumble head, Bushman poison bulb, Cape poison bulb, Poison bulb, Oxbane, Candelabra flower, Fan plant, Wind ball, Sore-eye lily, Sore-eye flower, Century plant |
| Synonym(s): | Amaryllis disticha L.f. (1782) Boophone longepedicellata Pax (1889) Ammocharis taveliana Schinz (1890) p.p. (feuilles) Haemanthus lemairei De Wild. Haemanthus sinuatus Thunb. ex Schult. & Schult.f. (1829) Haemanthus robustus Pax (1892) Boophane disticha (L.f.) Herb. |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Boophone is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, from the southern Cape in South Africa to South Sudan, and comprises 2 species, B. disticha and B. haemanthoides. The most widespread and variable one is B. disticha, which occurs throughout southern Africa and extends into tropical Africa. It is a mainly summer-growing species, but also comprises winter-growing forms in parts of its range, such as in the southwestern and southern Cape, and southwestern Namibia. It is distinguished from B. haemanthoides by its widely spreading flowerhead of bright pink, pinkish red or red flowers with narrowly lance-shaped tepals; by its relatively narrow spathe bracts with acute tips; and by its narrower leaves with acute tips. The summer-growing forms of B. disticha are dormant in winter and flower mainly from July to October, and those from winter-rainfall areas are dormant in summer and flower from February to April. Boophone bulbs are often partially or sometimes fully exposed. (from http://pza.sanbi.org/boophone-haemanthoides) |
| 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 |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
