Cyanella hyacinthoides: Difference between revisions

Lady's hand
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Tecophilaeaceae
Genus:	Cyanella
Species:	C. hyacinthoides
Binomial name
	Cyanella hyacinthoides; Royen ex L.
Synonyms
	Cyanella pentheri Zahlbr.

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Inline

Latest revision as of 20:21, 12 January 2024

Cyanella hyacinthoides ("lady's hand" or "Raaptoluintjie") is a species of cormous annual or perennial herb native to the western parts of South Africa.

Description

Detail of the flower of *Cyanella hyacinthoides*

It has a basal rosette, with slender, lanceolate, crisped (wavy-margins) leaves.

The mauve, pink, purple or blue (rarely white) flowers are mildly scented, and appear on a spreading inflorescence in Spring (August to November in the southern hemisphere). The plant can be up to 40 centimetres high.^[2]^[3]

Distribution and habitat

It is native to the Cape region of South Africa, especially the renosterveld, where it usually grows in loamy soil in clay and granite slopes. Its range extends as far north as the Namaqualand, and southwards into the Overberg region of the southern Cape, as far as the town of Riversdale.

It is also reportedly naturalised in Western Australia.^[4]

The bulb is edible once cooked, and is said to serve as an onion substitute.^[5]

It tolerates drought but is vulnerable to frost.

References

^ The Plant List, Cyanella hyacinthoides
^ "Cyanella hyacinthoides L." FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5 522, et addenda, Cyanella hyacinthoides
^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Cyanella hyacinthoides
^ "Cyanella hyacinthoides Lady's Hand PFAF Plant Database".

External links

Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Cyanella hyacinthoides". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.

This Asparagales article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] The Plant List, Cyanella hyacinthoides

[2] "Cyanella hyacinthoides L." FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.

[3] Linnaeus, Carl von. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5 522, et addenda, Cyanella hyacinthoides

[4] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Cyanella hyacinthoides

[5] "Cyanella hyacinthoides Lady's Hand PFAF Plant Database".

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
 {{Speciesbox
 |name = Lady's hand
@@ Line 9: / Line 10: @@
 }}
-'''''Cyanella hyacinthoides''''' is a species of [[corm]]ous annual or [[perennial]] herb native to [[South Africa]]. It has a much-branched stem up to 40 centimetres high, with flowers in white, pink, purple or blue.<ref>{{FloraBase | name = ''Cyanella hyacinthoides'' L. | id =1487}}</ref><ref>Linnaeus, Carl von. 1754.  Genera Plantarum, ed. 5 522, et addenda, ''Cyanella hyacinthoides''</ref>
+'''''Cyanella hyacinthoides''''' ('''"lady's hand"''' or '''"Raaptoluintjie"''') is a species of [[corm]]ous annual or [[perennial]] herb native to the western parts of [[South Africa]].
+==Description==
-It is native to the [[Cape Province|Cape region]] of [[South Africa]], especially the [[renosterveld]], where it grows on clay and granite slopes. It is also reportedly naturalised in [[Western Australia]].<ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=303743 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, ''Cyanella hyacinthoides'']</ref>
+[[File:Cyanella hyacinthoides - Ladies hand (30744373736).jpg|thumb|left|Detail of the flower of ''Cyanella hyacinthoides'']]
+It has a basal rosette, with slender, lanceolate, crisped (wavy-margins) leaves.
+The mauve, pink, purple or blue (rarely white) flowers are mildly scented, and appear on a spreading inflorescence in Spring (August to November in the southern hemisphere).
-Common names include '''lady's hand'''.
+The plant can be up to 40 centimetres high.<ref>{{FloraBase | name = ''Cyanella hyacinthoides'' L. | id =1487}}</ref><ref>Linnaeus, Carl von. 1754.  Genera Plantarum, ed. 5 522, et addenda, ''Cyanella hyacinthoides''</ref>
+==Distribution and habitat==
-The bulb is edible once cooked, and is said to serve as an [[onion]] substitute.<ref>http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Cyanella+hyacinthoides</ref>
+It is native to the [[Cape Province|Cape region]] of [[South Africa]], especially the [[renosterveld]], where it usually grows in loamy soil in clay and granite slopes. Its range extends as far north as the [[Namaqualand]], and southwards into the [[Overberg]] region of the southern Cape, as far as the town of [[Riversdale, Western Cape|Riversdale]].
+It is also reportedly naturalised in [[Western Australia]].<ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=303743 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, ''Cyanella hyacinthoides'']</ref>
+The bulb is edible once cooked, and is said to serve as an [[onion]] substitute.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Cyanella+hyacinthoides|title = Cyanella hyacinthoides Lady's Hand PFAF Plant Database}}</ref>
 It tolerates drought but is vulnerable to frost.
 ==References==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
 ==External links==
+{{Commons category}}
 * {{AfricanPlants|Cyanella hyacinthoides}}
+{{Taxonbar|from=Q5197425}}
 [[Category:Tecophilaeaceae]]
-[[Category:Endemic flora of South Africa]]
+[[Category:Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces]]
-[[Category:Flora of the Cape Provinces]]
 [[Category:Renosterveld]]
 [[Category:Edible plants]]