Cyanella alba L.f. is a plant in the Tecophilaeaceae family, order Asparagales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Cyanella alba L.f.

Cyanella alba L.f.

Cyanella alba is an endemic fynbos perennial geophyte that flowers from August to October in the Cape provinces of South Africa.

Genus
Cyanella
Order
Asparagales
Class
Liliopsida

About Cyanella alba L.f.

Cyanella alba, commonly known as lady's hand or toe-toe-uintjie, is a perennial flowering geophyte. It belongs to the genus Cyanella and is a member of the fynbos vegetation type. This species is endemic to South Africa's Northern Cape and Western Cape provinces, where it grows on the Bokkeveld escarpment. It produces flowers between August and October.

Photo: (c) Richard Adcock, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Richard Adcock · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Asparagales Tecophilaeaceae Cyanella

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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