Veltheimia

Veltheimia subsp. var.
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Veltheimia (named for the Count of Veltheim, 1741-1801). Liliaceae. Greenhouse and half-hardy tunicate bulbous perennials; spring and summer. Leaves radical, several, oblong or strap-shaped, rather thick, herbaceous, lower longer than the upper, sheathing the base of the simple leafless scape: fls. showy, pendulous, densely grouped in a terminal raceme or spike; perianth tubular, cylindrical, persistent, lobes 6, very short, tooth-like; stamens 6; ovary sessile or subsessile, oblong, 3-celled: caps. membranous-scarious, the 3 angles strongly dilated and wing-like, loculicidally 3-valved.—Three species, S. Afr. They are easy of cult. and are but little known in Amer. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Species

• Veltheimia bracteata

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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