Botanical name
Wurmbea spicataFamily
ColchicaceaeCommon Name
Spike Lily, KaffertjieDescription
Cormous geophyte up to 20cm. Leaves 3, channelled, narrowly lance-shaped; flowers almost sessile (without flower stalk), usually in dense spike, white to cream, sometimes with dark margins; flower tube is shorter than tepals.
Wonderfully scented in evening.
Habitat
Mostly clay and granite slopes.
Flower Date
August to November