Geissorhiza bryicola - - Flowers in Fernkloof Nature Reserve near Hermanus

Geissorhiza bryicola

Hoy's Koppie

Fernkloof
Nature Reserve

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Erica cerinthoides cerinthoides - Photo number 00188 by Herman Steyn

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Fernkloof Nature Reserve

Family -Iridaceae

Scientific name - Geissorhiza bryicola

Red datalist - Rare

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Habitat

wet rocks, waterfalls, stream edges

Altitude

Flowering time

September to November

Description

Plants 15-30cm high. Corm ovoid to woody, overlapping tunics. Stem lax. Leaves linear, soft and trailing, 1.5-4mm wide. Flowers in a 3-8 flowered spike, white. Tepals spreading, 8-10mm long. Bracts green. From Greek: geisson, tile; rhiza, root: = regular overlapping of the corm tunics.

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2013 / 5 / 23