Aristea Africana - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Fruit The native range of the

The native range of the genus is from southern Namibia to the Eastern Cape to southern Zimbabwe

seed and embryo which looks like in all details to Astrophytum capricorne

It is recommended as a good cultivar to use for succession sowings

containing toxic calcium oxalate crystals

but it is not a lily and all of the species are native to South Africa from the cape to the Limpopo River

Aristea Africana - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Fruit The native range of theAristea is a genus of perennial, herbaceous and rhizomatous species of flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae). The genus include 56 species which are distributed in tropical and southern Africa, as well as Madagascar. The genus name is derived from the Greek word arista, meaning "awn". USDA Zone 8 Season to Sow Autumn Photos with credit to the late Rod and Rachel Saunders, eminent experts on South African indigenous flora.