Plants deciduous, winter-growing, 300-500 mm high in leaf. Bulb broadly ovoid, 190-200 mm long, 200-230 mm in diameter, solitary or offset- forming, slightly to substantially exposed, surrounded by thick layers of greyish or brownish, papery outer tunics. Leaves 5-20, strap-shaped, 260-510 mm long, 20-82 mm wide, intensely glaucous or greenish-grey, dry at flowering; upper surface flat or slightly to deeply channelled; tips obtuse; margins flat or slightly to strongly undulate, smooth or minutely toothed. Umbel initially brush-like, dense, 30-110-flowered, 77-90 mm across; peduncle 140-220 mm long, 20-40 mm wide, fleshy, elliptic in cross-section, light pinkish-brown or greyish-green; spathe bracts 2, ovate, 20-150 mm long, 40-85 mm wide, remaining ± suberect at peak flowering stage, partially or fully enclosing flowers, tips obtuse, fleshy, light pink or dull red; pedicels erect in flower, 25-45 mm long, radiating widely and lengthening in fruit to 160-185 mm, green, brownish-pink or brownish-green. Flowers initially white, cream or light yellow, ageing to light pink, sweet-scented; perianth tube straight, 5-7 mm long; tepals ± linear, slightly broader apically, 12-38 mm long, erect or spreading at peak flowering stage. Stamens well exserted; filaments 20-50 mm long, erect to spreading, white, cream, light yellow or light pink, ageing to deeper pink; anthers linear, 2-4 mm long, bright maroon before opening; pollen white or dull yellow. Ovary 4-6 mm in diameter, light green; style 45-50 mm long, light yellow or light pink, ageing to deeper pink; stigma minute. Capsule strongly 3-angled, 20-25 mm long, 10-22 mm wide. Seeds globose, 8-10 mm wide, brownish-maroon. From: Duncan, GD. 2016. The Amaryllidaceae of southern Africa. Umdaus Press, Pretoria. [All rights reserved]
Bulbous geophyte, 300-500 mm tall. Leaves many, dry at flowering time, in an upright fan, margins often undulate, tips usually blunt. Flowers in a compact, brush-like cluster, cream, turning pink when old, fragrant, pedicels elongating in fruit. Mainly Nov.-Feb. From: Snijman, DA. 2013. Amaryllidaceae. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 33-42. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Like B. disticha but leaves ± 20, obtuse and flowers in a compact, brush-like cluster, cream-coloured, later turning pinkish. From: Snijman, DA. 2012. Amaryllidaceae. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 53-62. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Bulb ovoid or rotund up to 18 cm diam.: tunics and fleshy roots arising from the tough horny axis 3-5 cm diam., 2-4 cm high. Leaves hysteranthous, 15-30 cm long, 5-10 cm broad, entire, obtuse. Scape 15-25 cm long, 2-5-3 cm diam.: umbel many-flowered, dense: spathe valves 2, pinkish or red up to 14 cm long and 8-5 cm broad, suberect even when the flowers are open, recurving towards the obtuse apex. Flowers regular, perianth creamy yellow becoming reddish with age: perianth tube 5-7 mm long, 6-angled with deep grooves between the angles: segments 3-3 -5 cm long, cucullate, 3-4 mm broad near the apex narrowed to 2 mm at the base. Stamens exserted 1 cm or more beyond the perianth, filaments slender, erect, attached to the perianth segments a little above the tube. Style 5-10 mm longer than the stamens, stigma small, inconspicuous, minutely papillose, ovary obconic, sharply angled. From: Gerstner, J; Leighton, FM; Levyns, MRB. 1947. Plantae novae Africanae. Series XXVII. J. S. African Bot. 13: 53-64. [CC BY]
B. haemanthoides is a robust species, recognised by massive, substantially exposed, solitary or offset-forming bulbs with upright fans of broad, strap-shaped, flat or channelled, glaucous leaves that are sometimes spirally twisted towards the tip, with undulate or flat margins and obtuse tips. The flowerheads appear during the dormant period, directly after the leaves have died back in early summer (from late October) or up until late summer (February). They initially have a dense, brush-like appearance, with prominent spathe bracts (up to 150 mm long, up to 85 mm wide) with obtuse tips, and white, cream or light yellow flowers with erect or spreading tepals ageing to light pink. Individual flowers are short-lived, lasting only a few days. The flowerhead lasts no more than one week and the pedicels elongate markedly thereafter, forming a spherical infructescence. The bulbs undergo a long, dry summer-dormant period and are very long-lived, with a lifespan estimated at up to a century or more in the wild. B. disticha differs in having widely spreading heads of bright pink, reddish-pink or red flowers with strongly reflexed tepals, and relatively narrow, acute-tipped spathe bracts up to 30 mm wide. The leaves of the latter are mostly narrower (10-40 mm wide), with acute tips, and the bulbs are usually solitary. The subspecies of B. haemanthoides are distinguished by differences in spathe bract size, tepal length and orientation, filament length, unripe anther colour, flowering time, habitat and distribution. From: Duncan, GD. 2016. The Amaryllidaceae of southern Africa. Umdaus Press, Pretoria. [All rights reserved]
Boophone haemanthoides differs from B. disticha in the following : The perianth tube is shorter. The perianth segments remain erect or sub-erect until they wither. The spathe valves are larger. The perianth is cream-coloured becoming reddish only with age. From: Gerstner, J; Leighton, FM; Levyns, MRB. 1947. Plantae novae Africanae. Series XXVII. J. S. African Bot. 13: 53-64. [CC BY]
Rocky slopes and flats, sand, clay or stony soils. From: Snijman, DA. 2013. Amaryllidaceae. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 33-42. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Coastal sands, limestone or dolerite rocks. From: Snijman, DA. 2012. Amaryllidaceae. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 53-62. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Southern Namibia, S of Witpütz, Richtersveld, Namaqualand, Langberg, Nieuwoudtville, Calvinia, W Coast to Saldanha. From: Snijman, DA. 2013. Amaryllidaceae. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 33-42. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
S Namibia and W Karoo to Saldanha. From: Snijman, DA. 2012. Amaryllidaceae. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 53-62. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Cape Province: Piquetburg Division: St. Helenafontein, Saldanha Bay. Little Namaqualand: Wallekraal; Komkans. From: Gerstner, J; Leighton, FM; Levyns, MRB. 1947. Plantae novae Africanae. Series XXVII. J. S. African Bot. 13: 53-64. [CC BY]
October to February
15 to 800 m
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature
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Names and Sources
Published in: J. S. African Bot. 13: 59 (1947)
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Asparagales
FAMILY Amaryllidaceae
TRIBE Amaryllideae
GENUS Boophone
SPECIES haemanthoides
This species contains accepted infraspecific taxa:
59 results for Boophone haemanthoides F.M.Leight.
Year
Barcode: NBG0191647-0 Collector(s) & number: Mittelmeyer, J, s.n. | 2002-1-23
South Africa, Northern Cape, Langberg range, SE of Kliprand. At top of Langberg, among rocks.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0122436-3 Collector(s) & number: Snijman, DA, 588 | 1982-2-5
South Africa, Northern Cape, Calvinia. Glenlyon farm. E. Nieuwoudtville.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0167646-3 Collector(s) & number: Low, AB, 5853 | 1999-12-11
South Africa, Western Cape, Wuppertal - Cederberg - Matjies River Nature Reserve.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0122436-2 Collector(s) & number: Snijman, DA, 588 | 1982-2-5
South Africa, Northern Cape, Calvinia. Glenlyon farm. E. Nieuwoudtville.
General notes: Growing in dry cracked red clay amongst dolerite boulders. Locally abundant. Bulb protruding above ground. Bracts 2, erect at first later reflexed, pinky cream. Flowers cream at first. Pedicels and ovary pink. Flowers erect, segments slightly spreading. Flowers later turning pink. Pleasantly scented. Peduncel pale green to deep dusky pink. Leaves dead but having formed a fan. Bulb above ground.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0123428-2 Collector(s) & number: Van Berkel, NJ, 461 | 1981-11-18
South Africa, Northern Cape, Hondeklipbaai.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0172851-0 Collector(s) & number: Boucher, C, 2592 | 1974-11-6
South Africa, Western Cape, Clanwilliam. Nortier Experimental Farm, Lamberts Bay.
General notes: Deep sandy soil. West Coast Strandveld. Rare. Very large bulb.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0122436-5 Collector(s) & number: Snijman, DA, 588 | 1982-2-5
South Africa, Northern Cape, Calvinia. Glenlyon farm. E. Nieuwoudtville.
General notes: Growing in dry cracked red clay amongst dolerite boulders. Locally abundant. Bulb protruding above ground. Bracts 2, erect at first later reflexed, pinky cream. Flowers cream at first. Pedicels and ovary pink. Flowers erect, segments slightly spreading. Flowers later turning pink. Pleasantly scented. Peduncel pale green to deep dusky pink. Leaves dead but having formed a fan. Bulb above ground.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0122436-6 Collector(s) & number: Snijman, DA, 588 | 1982-2-5
South Africa, Northern Cape, Calvinia. Glenlyon farm. E. Nieuwoudtville.
General notes: Growing in dry cracked red clay amongst dolerite boulders. Locally abundant. Bulb protruding above ground. Bracts 2, erect at first later reflexed, pinky cream. Flowers cream at first. Pedicels and ovary pink. Flowers erect, segments slightly spreading. Flowers later turning pink. Pleasantly scented. Peduncel pale green to deep dusky pink. Leaves dead but having formed a fan. Bulb above ground.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0066900-3 Collector(s) & number: Hall, H, 856 | 1953-11-10
South Africa, Western Cape, Malmesbury. Saldanha Bay.
General notes: Cream with reddish tips and stamens. Fading reddish. Bracts reddish. Young fruits. Inner and outer bulb scales.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0198103-0 Collector(s) & number: Manning, JC, 2787 | 2002-8-23
South Africa, Northern Cape, 17,5 km E of Hondeklipbaai.
General notes: Succulent Karoo. Valley. Well-drained, gravel soil. Granite. Full sun. No biotic effect seen. Geophyte.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0357787-0 Collector(s) & number: Mauve, AA, PRE 51856 | 1975-12-
South Africa, Northern Cape, GLEN LYON
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0148083-3 Collector(s) & number: Perry, PL, 1990 | 1982-9-2
South Africa, Northern Cape, Loeriesfontein. Farm Haasrivier, NW of Loeriesfontein.
General notes: Granite, bouldering slope. Ex hort. Tepals cream to pale yellow. Flowers and pedicels erect in a tight cluster 31 January 1989. Leaves fan-shaped, erect.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0181357-0 Collector(s) & number: Duncan, GD, 21 | 1979-11-
South Africa, Western Cape, Saldanha.
General notes: In sand in coastal fynbos. cream-coloured with pink towards the base. NBG 867/82. Fl. ex NBG 9/11/2001.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0210613-0 Collector(s) & number: Goldblatt, P, 12866 | 2007-8-24
South Africa, Western Cape, Vanrhynsdorp. Between Koekenaap and the coast. 31°29'58"S: 018°11'08"E. Altitude: 270 ft.
General notes: In leaf. Fairly local.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0167579-0 Collector(s) & number: Boucher, C, 329 | 1968-12-13
South Africa, Western Cape, Lamberts Bay.
General notes: Flowering in garden (Natuurwetenskappe). Leaves in fan, dying down before flowering.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0191302-0 Collector(s) & number: Williamson, GF, 5855 | 1996-1-
South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqualand. (Vioolsdrif). Richtersveld National Park. Armmans Hoek.
General notes: Mountain Karoo. Well - drained. In full sun. Steep slope. NW. aspect. Abundant. In scree in gorge. Inflorescence split for pressing.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0122436-1 Collector(s) & number: Snijman, DA, 588 | 1982-2-5
South Africa, Northern Cape, Calvinia. Glenlyon farm. E. Nieuwoudtville.
General notes: Growing in dry cracked red clay amongst dolerite boulders. Locally abundant. Bulb protruding above ground. Bracts 2, erect at first later reflexed, pinky cream. Flowers cream at first. Pedicels and ovary pink. Flowers erect, segments slightly spreading. Flowers later turning pink. Pleasantly scented. Peduncel pale green to deep dusky pink. Leaves dead but having formed a fan. Bulb above ground.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: SAM0057753-0 Collector(s) & number: Bolus, HML, 21276 | 1933-11-
South Africa, Western Cape, Piquetberg Div. St Helenafontein.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0147293-0 Collector(s) & number: Duncan, GD, 52 | 1988-11-3
South Africa, Western Cape, Clanwilliam. Between Aurora and Velddrift.
General notes: Growing in sand. Scape and spathes pale yellowish-green, flushed wth pink. Flowers pale lemon, tinged with lime green. Anthers wine-red, dorsifixed. Unpleasantly scented. Flowers actinomorphic. (Flowers laid out.) Fl. ex NBG - 3/11/1988.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0148083-1 Collector(s) & number: Perry, PL, 1990 | 1982-9-2
South Africa, Northern Cape, Loeriesfontein. Farm Haasrivier, NW of Loeriesfontein.
General notes: Granite, bouldering slope. Ex hort. Tepals cream to pale yellow. Flowers and pedicels erect in a tight cluster 31 January 1989. Leaves fan-shaped, erect.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0148083-2 Collector(s) & number: Perry, PL, 1990 | 1982-9-2
South Africa, Northern Cape, Loeriesfontein. Farm Haasrivier, NW of Loeriesfontein.
General notes: Granite, bouldering slope. Ex hort. Tepals cream to pale yellow. Flowers and pedicels erect in a tight cluster 31 January 1989. Leaves fan-shaped, erect.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0092318-0 Collector(s) & number: Lawder, E, s.n. | 1970-3-4
South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town. Malmesbury. Shore of Langebaan Lagoon.
General notes: Fruits. (= C. H. 85,505).
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0124041-0 Collector(s) & number: Muller-Doblies, 78041 | --
South Africa, Northern Cape, Calvinia. Bloukrans Pass.
General notes: Pressed from cultivation at Karoo Botanic Garden.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0123428-1 Collector(s) & number: Van Berkel, NJ, 461 | 1981-11-18
South Africa, Northern Cape, Hondeklipbaai.
General notes: Very common.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0582451-0 Collector(s) & number: Williamson, GF, 4325 | 1990-2-
South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqualand. Richtersveld. Ploegberg.
General notes: Rocky soil. Open slope. Up to 6 bulbs growing side by side - bulbs growing above ground ± 2.5kg. Leaves distichous up 350mm long. Flowering stem elongates after pollination. Flowers cream. Feb. temperatures in east gorges 40°-50°C. Bulb from large colony W of Rosyntjieberg (2817AC), sent to Dee Paterson-Jones in 1989. Conf.: E.T. Moeng.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0167646-1 Collector(s) & number: Low, AB, 5853 | 1999-12-11
South Africa, Western Cape, Wuppertal - Cederberg - Matjies River Nature Reserve.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0167646-2 Collector(s) & number: Low, AB, 5853 | 1999-12-11
South Africa, Western Cape, Wuppertal - Cederberg - Matjies River Nature Reserve.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0120130-2 Collector(s) & number: Van Berkel, NJ, 111 | 1979-10-28
South Africa, Cape Province, Hondeklipbaai. North and north-west facing slopes of Rondekop.
General notes: Growing on a sand dune on the farm Sabies. Plant up to 50 cm high. Bracts dark pink. Flowers dark pink-cream, becoming darker with age. Leaves undulate - dying off as flowers appear.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0168855-0 Collector(s) & number: Williamson, GF, 4325 | 1990-2-
South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqualand. Richtersveld. Ploegberg. Altitude: ± 300m.
General notes: Rocky soil. Open slope. Up to 6 bulbs growing side by side - bulbs growing above ground ± 2.5kg. Leaves distichous up 350mm long. Flowering stem elongates after pollination. Flowers cream. Feb. temperatures in east gorges 40°-50°C. Bulb from large colony W of Rosyntjiesberg (2817AC), sent to Dee Paterson-Jones in 1989.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0195161-0 Collector(s) & number: Williamson, GF, 5855 | 1996-1-
South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqualand, Vioolsdrif. Armmanshoek in Richtersveld National Park.
General notes: Succulent karoo. Well-drained, quartzite. Shaded, gorge. Gentle to steep slope. Undisturbed. Flowers white. Flowering when heat mostly above 40°C. Inflorescence split for pressing. Important a first flowering record for the Richtersveld National Park.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0123312-0 Collector(s) & number: Snijman, DA, s.n. | 1982-3-
South Africa, Northern Cape, Calvinia. At turnoff to Rondekop from Nieuwoudtville/Calvinia road.
General notes: Seeds collected from plants growing amongst boulders in hard clay soil. The same as those growing amongst boulders on Glen Lyon Farm = Snijman 588. Seedling leaves glaucous - one year old. Seeds sown March 1982.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0070619-0 Collector(s) & number: Bolus, HML, 21276 | 1933-11-
South Africa, Western Cape, PIQUETBERG DIV.; ST. HELENAFONTEIN
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0086059-0 Collector(s) & number: Lawder, E, s.n. | 1967-6-30
South Africa, Western Cape, Hopefield. Saldanha.
General notes: Leaves with undulate margins, glaucous. Photo by commander E. F. Lawder.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0122436-7 Collector(s) & number: Snijman, DA, 588 | 1982-2-5
South Africa, Limpopo, Calvinia. Glenlyon farm. E. Nieuwoudtville.
General notes: Growing in dry cracked red clay amongst dolerite boulders. Locally abundant. Bulb protruding above ground. Bracts 2, erect at first later reflexed, pinky cream. Flowers cream at first. Pedicels and ovary pink. Flowers erect, segments slightly spreading. Flowers later turning pink. Pleasantly scented. Peduncel pale green to deep dusky pink. Leaves dead but having formed a fan. Bulb above ground.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0574464-0 Collector(s) & number: Low, AB, 5853 | 1999-12-11
South Africa, Western Cape, Cederberg: Matjies River Nature Reserve.
General notes: Confirmed by Moeng E T 2001.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0066900-4 Collector(s) & number: Hall, H, 856 | 1953-11-10
South Africa, Western Cape, Malmesbury. Saldanha Bay.
General notes: Cream with reddish tips and stamens. Fading reddish. Bracts reddish. Young fruits. Inner and outer bulb scales.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0994302-0 Collector(s) & number: Williamson, G, 5855 | 1996-1-
South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqualand, Vioolsdrif. Ammanshoek in Richtersveld National Park.
General notes: Important a first flowering record for the Richtersveld National Park. Inflorescence split for pressing.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0475830-0 Collector(s) & number: Boucher, C, 2592 | 1974-11-6
South Africa, Western Cape, SOUTH-WESTERN CAPE; LAMBERTS BAY; NORTIER EXP. FARM
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1508916-0 Collector(s) & number: Manning, JC, 3742 | 2019-9-17
South Africa, Northern Cape, Sutherland. Middelpos. Meintjies Plaas.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0167578-0 Collector(s) & number: Boucher, C, 5671 | 1989-11-8
South Africa, Northern Cape, Swartfontein Farm, near Spoeg River mouth. Altitude c200 m.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0131077-0 Collector(s) & number: Perry, PL, 2251 | 1983-8-11
South Africa, Cape Province, Calvinia. Nieuwoudtville Wild Flower Reserve.
General notes: In red clay amongst dolerite koppies. Leaves glaucous, undulate, 20 in a fan.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0066900-2 Collector(s) & number: Hall, H, 856 | 1953-11-10
South Africa, Western Cape, Malmesbury. Saldanha Bay.
General notes: Cream with reddish tips and stamens. Fading reddish. Bracts reddish. Young fruits. Inner and outer bulb scales.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0120130-1 Collector(s) & number: Van Berkel, NJ, 111 | 1979-10-28
South Africa, Cape Province, Hondeklipbaai. North and north-west facing slopes of Rondekop.
General notes: Growing on a sand dune on the farm Sabies. Plant up to 50 cm high. Bracts dark pink. Flowers dark pink-cream, becoming darker with age. Leaves undulate - dying off as flowers appear.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0087572-0 Collector(s) & number: Blake, s.n. | 1968-8-26
South Africa, Western Cape, Hopefield. Saldanha Bay.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0066900-1 Collector(s) & number: Hall, H, 856 | 1953-11-10
South Africa, Western Cape, Malmesbury. Saldanha Bay.
General notes: Cream with reddish tips and stamens. Fading reddish. Bracts reddish. Young fruits. Inner and outer bulb scales.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0122436-4 Collector(s) & number: Snijman, DA, 588 | 1982-2-5
South Africa, Northern Cape, Calvinia. Glenlyon farm. E. Nieuwoudtville.
General notes: Growing in dry cracked red clay amongst dolerite boulders. Locally abundant. Bulb protruding above ground. Bracts 2, erect at first later reflexed, pinky cream. Flowers cream at first. Pedicels and ovary pink. Flowers erect, segments slightly spreading. Flowers later turning pink. Pleasantly scented. Peduncel pale green to deep dusky pink. Leaves dead but having formed a fan. Bulb above ground.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0167646-4 Collector(s) & number: Low, AB, 5853 | 1999-12-11
South Africa, Western Cape, Wuppertal - Cederberg - Matjies River Nature Reserve.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0085505-0 Collector(s) & number: Lawder, E, s.n. | 1966-11-28
South Africa, Western Cape, Malmesbury. Shore of Langebaan Lagoon.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0582449-0 Collector(s) & number: Williamson, GF, 4325 | 1990-2-
South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqualand. Richtersveld. Ploegberg.
General notes: Rocky soil. Open slope. Up to 6 bulbs growing side by side - bulbs growing above ground ± 2.5kg. Leaves distichous up 350mm long. Flowering stem elongates after pollination. Flowers cream. Feb. temperatures in east gorges 40°-50°C. Bulb from large colony W of Rosyntjieberg (2817AC), sent to Dee Paterson-Jones in 1989.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
2016
2013
SERIES CHAPTER
Amaryllidaceae Snijman, DAIn: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 33-42
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
2012
SERIES CHAPTER
Amaryllidaceae Snijman, DAIn: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 53-62
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
1947
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
Plantae novae Africanae. Series XXVII Gerstner, J; Leighton, FM; Levyns, MRBJournal of South African Botany 13: 53-64
No results found for Boophone haemanthoides F.M.Leight.
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