Showing posts with label Eriospermum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eriospermum. Show all posts

Sunday, June 17, 2018

Eriospermum graminifolia

Thin long single leaf. Flowers on peduncle about 30 cm high. Seems quite rare. One plant spotted in southern area. Difficult to find amongst shrub. Identification not wth 100% certainty.

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Eriospermum capense

Leaves heart shaped to somewhat elongated. Single leaf per plant. No hairs on leaf. Leaf usually not completely flat on the ground. Underneath side of leaf often reddish. Plants can be solitary or proliferate( form clumps). The proliferate forms usually have smaller leaves.

Picture not from reserve.
Picture not from reserve.

Flowers.

An interesting corrugate leaf form from the western side of the reserve.
(I have not seen the flowers but assume this still to be E capense)