Accession Data

Massonia depressa

Common Name: Hedgehog Lily

Family: Asparagaceae

Country of Origin: South Africa: Kamieskroon

Description: The flowers are low to the ground, dull colored, with a yeasty odor and sucrose-dominant jelly-like nectar that is easy for the rodents (gerbils) to lap.

Accession Data

Accession #: 200700211

Accession Date: 2007-11-08 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2109

Quantity: 3

Source: Kamieskroon

Provenance:

Kamieskroon, NC, RSA. Wild-collected seed via Silverhill Seeds.

Culture: Chilly temperatures, strong sun and ample water are required in the autumn for natural-looking compact growth. Plants do well in pots outside from September until hard freezes are predicted. Plants should be wintered in a cool, airy greenhouse with as much light as possible.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: monocots

Order: Asparagales

Family: Asparagaceae

SubFamily: Scilloideae

Tribe: Hyacintheae

SubTribe: Massoniinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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References

  1. Rodent Pollination in the African Lily Massonia depressa (Hyacinthaceae), Steven D. Johnson, Anton Pauw and Jeremy Midgley, American Journal of Botany, Vol. 88, No. 10 (Oct., 2001), pp. 1768-1773. Accessed 10 September 2015.
  2. Of Mice & Massonia's at PlantzAfrica. Last accessed on Monday, March 05, 2018.
  3. Image #00 used from Betsy & Floyd - on the road again. Uncertain copyright status. Last accessed on Monday, March 05, 2018.
  4. A Curious Case of Gerbil Pollination at In Defense of Plants. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 04, 2018.
  5. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.

Images

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