About Eriospermum proliferum Baker
Eriospermum proliferum Baker produces a single leaf between April and October. This leaf has multiple thin, hair-like outgrowths called enations, which are unbranched, unlike the enations of Eriospermum paradoxum. The leaf sheath of this species is covered in hairs. Its tuber is sometimes stoloniferous and spreading. Flowers appear in February and March; they are white with a triangular outline, and have widely ovate filaments, a trait very similar to that of Eriospermum pubescens. This species is widespread in the southwestern Cape of South Africa. Its native range covers the Robertson Karoo, the far western edge of the Overberg region, the western edge of the Little Karoo, and surrounding areas of the Western Cape Province. To the north, its distribution extends along the western edge of the Northern Cape Province. It prefers to grow in rocky areas with sandy to clay soils, in shaded locations within Fynbos, Renosterveld, and Succulent Karoo vegetation types.
