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Pauridia capensis

Waikumete Cemetary.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Date taken: 17/10/2014, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Waikumete Cemetary.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Date taken: 17/10/2014, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

Cape star

Biostatus

Exotic

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Herbs - Monocots

Flower colours

Black, White

Distribution

Casual - found once in October 2014, wild within Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Authority

Pauridia capensis (L.) Snijman & Kocyan

Synonyms

Hypoxis capensis (L.) Vines et Druce; Spiloxene capensis (L.) Garside; Amaryllis capensis L.

Ecology

Year naturalised

1989

Origin

South Africa

Propagation technique

Spreads vegetatively by division of the corms and also by seed