Hesperantha luticola Seeds

Hesperantha luticola Seeds

Hesperantha is a cormous genus in the Iridaceae family with 79 species. Four are found in tropical Africa, 37 in summer-rainfall southern Africa, and 42 in winter-rainfall southern Africa. Many of the former are found in the eastern southern African Drakensberg in Kwa Zulu-Natal.

In spite of the large number of species there is limited variability in the floral structure. Flowers are radially symmetrical with a style that divides at the mouth of the tube into three branches that spread over the tepals.

Most plants are short, 15 to 20 cm. tall or less. A number of them open late in the afternoon or early evening and those are often very fragrant.

Hesperantha luticola is found on stony flats in seasonal pools or watercourses in the Roggeveld. Plants grow to 10 cm. high and have only one or two flowers per spike. The flowers are white with dark purple blotches at the tepal base. Plants flower in winter, are open during the day, and pollinated by bees.

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