Lapeirousia pyramidalis (Lam.) Goldblatt is a plant in the Iridaceae family, order Asparagales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Lapeirousia pyramidalis (Lam.) Goldblatt

Lapeirousia pyramidalis (Lam.) Goldblatt

Lapeirousia pyramidalis, the pyramid kabong, is an endemic South African geophyte with two geographically separated subspecies.

Family
Genus
Lapeirousia
Order
Asparagales
Class
Liliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Lapeirousia pyramidalis (Lam.) Goldblatt

Lapeirousia pyramidalis (Lam.) Goldblatt, commonly called the pyramid kabong, is a geophyte species belonging to the genus Lapeirousia. This species is endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. Two subspecies have distinct distributions within the region: Lapeirousia pyramidalis subsp. pyramidalis occurs in both the Northern Cape and Western Cape, while Lapeirousia pyramidalis subsp. regalis is found only in a small area of the Western Cape.

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

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Asparagales Iridaceae Lapeirousia

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

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