Eriospermum capense (live bulb)

Eriospermum capense BULB

Family: Eriospermaceae.

Common names: Cape Woolseed.

The tuber of this geophyte annually grows one or more heart-shaped leaves that spread on the ground or stand semi-erectly. The leaf becomes 8 cm long and 6 cm wide, displaying a red margin, a continuation of the red lower leaf surface. Leaf margins may also be hairy.