Boophone haemanthoides | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
Genus: | Boophone |
Species: | B. haemanthoides
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Binomial name | |
Boophone haemanthoides F.M. Leighton
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Boophone haemanthoides is a plant species native to Namibia and the Cape Provinces of South Africa. [1] It is a bulb-forming herb with more than half of its scaly bulb appearing above ground. It produces a rather large umbel of pink flowers with narrow tepals. [2] [3]