Albuca schoenlandii

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Albuca schoenlandii Baker, syn. Ornithogalum schoenlandii (Baker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, is distributed from the Little Karoo to the Eastern Cape where it grows on dry sandstone slopes. It is an evergreen species growing up to 50 cm with dark green flat wide leaves and white to light yellow upright flowers borne on long stalks. It flowers in spring and early summer (September to November). The first photo from the book Plants of the Klein Karoo courtesy of Jan and Anne Lise Schutte-Vlok. The last two photos from Cameron McMaster were taken near Nieuwoudtville.