Brunsvigia orientalis
(Candelabra flower)
Koningskandelaar, Kandelaar, Kandelaarblom, Maartblom, Tanterletant,
Perdespook, Wawiel [Afrikaans]
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> Family: Amaryllidaceae > Genus:
Brunsvigia
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Brunsvigia orientalis, flowering in autumn
on the southern Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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Brunsvigia orientalis, flowering in autumn
on the dunes above Sedgefield Lagoon on the Garden Route, Western Cape,
South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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Brunsvigia orientalis, flowering in autumn
in recently burnt strandveld on the southern Cape Peninsula, South
Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
Brunsvigia orientalis, West Coast National
Park, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo
H.G.
Robertson, Iziko ©] |
See Southern Overberg wild
flowers by Penny Mustart et al. p. 68
See Hottentots Holland to Hermanus
wild flowers by Lee Burman & Anne Bean p. 42
See
West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 44
See
Cederberg wild flowers by Gretel van Rooyen & Hester Steyn p. 58
Text by Hamish Robertson |
