5 Codonorhiza micrantha Seeds - Indigenous South African Endemic Perennial Bulb Seeds from Africa

Codonorhiza micrantha Seeds

South African Endemic Perennial Bulb

Codonorhiza is a genus in the Iridaceae family described by Goldblatt and Manning in 2015. Codonrhiza species have bell-shaped corms with flat bases that are dark grey to almost black and consist of concentric layer of compacted fibers with a broad basal lip, flowers with deeply forked style branches and green, somewhat leathery floral bracts, 2 or 3 leaves with lowermost inserted at ground level and blue, purple, pink, brown, yellow or white flowers, usually with contrasting darker or lighter markings.

Codonorhiza micrantha is a South African endemic species from the Western Cape Province. It was previously known as Lapeirousia micrantha, Lapeirousia manuleaeflora, Meristostigma manuleaeflora and Ovieda micrantha. It grows to 35cm tall with a solitary leaf that has smooth or crisped margins. From spring to summer it bears greenish yellow to brown & maroon flowers.