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Harlequin flower
Sparaxis bulbifera
About
Sparaxis bulbifera, commonly known as harlequin flower, is a bulb-forming perennial plant. The species is native to Cape Province in South Africa and naturalised in the Azores and Australia. It grows to between 15 and 60 cm high and has white to cream flowers. This flower is often found growing next to Geissorhiza radians. It has branched stems and lanceolate leaves. It is one of the few species native to sandy, waterlogged soils.
- Family
- Iridaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Sparaxis bulbifera
- Slug
- sparaxis-bulbifera
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Sparaxis
- Species
- bulbifera
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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