Lachenalia viridiflora
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| Lachenalia viridiflora | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Scilloideae |
| Genus: | Lachenalia |
| Species: | L. viridiflora |
| Binomial name | |
| Lachenalia viridiflora | |
Lachenalia viridiflora, commonly known as the green-flowered Cape cowslip or turquoise hyacinth,[3][4] is a species of flowering plant in the asparagus family native to the southwest Cape Provinces of South Africa.[5] It was discovered in the 1960s, and first described in 1972 by Winsome Fanny Barker.[6]
Lachenalia viridiflora is a bulbous species of perennial plant that grows 8-20cm tall.[7] Each plant grows two leaves, which may be plain or with dark spots.[3] In the winter, plants produce racemes of tubular turquoise flowers with white tips;[3] it is for this reason that Barker chose the specific epithet 'viridiflora', which is Latin for green-flowered.[6] The flowers are pollinated by the lesser double-collared sunbird.[6]