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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Maggi Young on August 10, 2015, 11:13:26 AM

Title: Unknown "tumbleweed" from Namibia
Post by: Maggi Young on August 10, 2015, 11:13:26 AM

 From Diane Whitehead.....

"Hello Maggi

Could you please post this so I can get it identified?  No one here even knows what the flowers looked like

It is about 50 to 60 cm across with hundreds of seedcases.  I had hoped it might be a nerine but there are too many stems.

Diane"

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 I think it may be a Boophone seedhead?

Title: Re: Unknown "tumbleweed" from Namibia
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 10, 2015, 11:52:09 AM

Looks a lot like the seed head on Crossyne flava which was once considered in the genus Boophone, so your guess might be correct,
cheers
fermi

Title: Re: Unknown "tumbleweed" from Namibia
Post by: Lesley Cox on August 10, 2015, 10:52:31 PM

Maggi's guesses are ALWAYS correct. :)

Title: Re: Unknown "tumbleweed" from Namibia
Post by: Maggi Young on August 11, 2015, 10:32:09 AM

Thank  you  Lesley, if  only that were true!  ;D ;D