Empodium | |
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Empodium plicatum | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Hypoxidaceae |
Genus: |
Empodium Salisb. |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Empodium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hypoxidaceae, first described in 1866. [2] It grows from a small corm which produces lance-shaped or pleated and sometimes hairy, star-shaped flowers and leaves with 10–30 centimetres (4–12 in) long in Autumn season. The genus is native to winter-rainfall areas in South Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho, and Namibia. [1] [3]