Massonia echinata - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Poppy 72 days to maturity

72 days to maturity

popular in Asia and Africa

blue-black drupe

the diminutive of gladius

it is commonly cultivated in water gardens

Massonia echinata - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Poppy 72 days to maturityMassonia is a genus in the Hyacinthaceae family found in dry areas in southern Africa. Species have two prostrate or spreading leaves and a head like inflorescence at ground level with large and leafy bracts and tubular flowers with the filaments shortly joined together at the base. Seeds are formed in a three angled papery capsule which as it dries elongates and easily lifts out or is detached to disperse the seeds. Most species are winter growers