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A fairly hardy species from high ground in Namaqualand and Clanwilliam, South Africa. My plants don't entirely agree with the published descriptions (they
hardly show dark markings on the outside of the flowers), an inconvenient truth that I am choosing to overlook! There are a range of pictures available onine
and my plant is not convincingly "wrong". Plants of the Word Online says: "The native range of this species is W. Cape Prov. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome." The Pacific Bulb Sciety says: "Romulea citrina Baker is found in Namaqualand on sandy or stony ground. It grows to 30 cm high with linear basal leaves, usually curved with narrow grooves. The outer bracts are green and the inner have wide brownish, brown-streaked or membranous edged margins. Flowers are lemon-yellow, often greenish or brownish on the backs. This species flowers in August and September." |
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| 12th April 2007 | ||
