10 Chlorophytum transvaalense Seeds - Indigenous South African Native Perennial Bulb from Africa

Chlorophytum transvaalense Seeds

The genus Chlorophytum is placed in the Anthericaceae family and comprises around 215 species found worldwide with the densest diversity in Africa and India. The genus name Chlorophytum is a combination of the two Greek words chloros, meaning green and phyton, meaning plant, i.e. “green plant”. The family Anthericaceae comprises 8 genera of which 2 occur in Africa, namely Anthericum and Chlorophytum. It can be difficult to distinguish between the genus Chlorophytum and the genus Trachyandra which belongs to the closely related family Asphodelaceae. A well-known species in the family Anthericaceae is Chlorophytum comosum (better known as ‘hen-and-chickens') which is also a popular garden plant.

Chlorophytum transvaalense is a South African indigenous species found in the Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West Provinces. It was previously known as Anthericum indutum and also Anthericum transvaalense. It grows to 80cm tall with erect leaves with long white hairs in a rosette. The leaves are often spirally twisted. From early summer to autumn it bears a sticky simple inflorescence with many white flowers.