Strumaria truncata
(Namaqualand Snowdrop)
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Strumaria truncata flowering in autumn next
to a dry pan near Toringberg in the southern Hardeveld south-west of
Bitterfontein, Namaqualand, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
Strumaria truncata leaves in cultivation in
autumn at Kirstenbosch, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
See
Nieuwoudtville wildflowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 58 |
