Haemanthus albiflos
(White paint brush, Dappled snowbrush)
Witpoeierkwas, Gevlekte Poeierkwas, Witpoeierkwas [Afrikaans]; licishamlilo [Swazi]; uzeneke
[Zulu]
Life
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> Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales
> Family: Amaryllidaceae > Genus: Haemanthus
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Haemanthus albiflos in flower,
Kranshoek Trail along beach (between Knysna and Plettenberg Bay),
Western Cape, South Africa. [image Tony Rebelo ©, from
iNaturalist] |
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Haemanthus albiflos
in flower
on a rocky ledge safe from
porcupines,
Robberg Peninsula, Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. [image
Tony Rebelo, from
iNaturalist] |
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Haemanthus albiflos
in fruit,
Kranshoek Trail (between Knysna and Plettenberg Bay), Western Cape,
South Africa. [image Marge Webster ©, from
iNaturalist] |
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Haemanthus albiflos with immature fruit,
Kranshoek Trail along beach (between Knysna and Plettenberg Bay),
Western Cape, South Africa. [image Tony Rebelo ©, from
iNaturalist] |
Haemanthus albiflos
in fruit,
Kranshoek Trail (between Knysna and Plettenberg Bay), Western Cape,
South Africa. [image Marge Webster ©, from
iNaturalist] |
Publications
- Pooley E. 1998. A Field Guide to
Wild Flowers KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora
Publications Trust, Durban. See p. 104.
Text by Hamish Robertson |
