Aspidoglossum lanatum
Aspidoglossum lanatum
- Native to:
- Tanzania | Zimbabwe
GBIF: Pieter Bester
Taxonomy
- Division:
- Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants
- Family:
- Apocynaceae
- Genus:
- Aspidoglossum
- Species:
- Aspidoglossum lanatum
Growth Characteristics
- Growth Habit:
- Geophyte
- Height:
- 30 cm
- Drought Tolerance:
- High
- Bloom Months:
- jan,feb,oct,nov,dec
- Bloom Colors:
- white, cream
Garden & Ecology Notes
- Wildlife Value:
- butterflies
- Deer Resistant:
- Yes
- Fire Ecology:
- Fire adapted — tolerates or benefits from fire
- Fire Notes:
- As a grassland geophyte, resprouts from underground tubers after fire. Common in fire-maintained grassland ecosystems of southern Africa.