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Afrocrocus unifolius
About
Afrocrocus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Afrocrocus unifolius. It is a tuberous geophyte native to the west-central and southwestern Cape Provinces of South Africa. It ranges from Hantamsberg at Calvinia in Northern Cape Province southwards across the Roggeveld Escarpment to the Hex River Mountains in Western Cape. It grows on well-drained clay flats and shale bands in fynbos and Succulent Karoo habitats.
- Family
- Iridaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Afrocrocus unifolius
- Slug
- afrocrocus-unifolius
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Afrocrocus
- Species
- unifolius
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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