| Author: | William
Henry Harvey, 1854 |
| Family: |
ALLIACEAE* |
| Origin: |
Botswana, Eastern
South Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
3 Centimetres |
| Height: |
15-45 Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Green / White / Orange-Brown |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
|
Wild
Garlic, Wildeknoffel |
| Synonyms: |
Omentaria acutiloba, Kuntze. |
This member of the Alliaceae family was given this name by
William Henry Harvey in 1854. It is found
all over southern Africa, growing in a well drained soil with
some water and lots of sun. The rhizome can grow to three
centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to 15 or even 45 centimetres in
height. The
flowers are green, white and orange-brown.
The genera is named after Ryk Tulbagh, governor of the Cape of
Good Hope. The species name means 'pointed lobes'.
')Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG
IV 2016,
Alliaceae is now part of
the Amaryllidaceae. |
