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Daubenya marginata Seeds

South African Endemic Perennial Bulb

Daubenya is a South African endemic genus of perennial bulbous flowering plants in the family Hyacinthaceae. Species of Daubenya grow from bulbs covered with a brownish tunic. Each bulb produces only two leaves, which appear with the flowers and normally spread out along the ground on either side. The inflorescence is a raceme, usually very condensed and close to the ground. Individual flowers are white, pink, yellow or red.  Recognized species are Daubenya alba, Daubenya aurea, Daubenya capensis, Daubenya comata, Daubenya marginata, Daubenya namaquensis, Daubenya stylosa and Daubenya zeyheri. Flowers are pollinated by butterflies, beetles, sunbirds, and bees depending on the species. They do great in cultivation and grow well in pots.

Daubenya marginata, previously known as Massonia marginata and even earlier known as Neobakeria angustifolia, has broadly oval, fish-knife shaped, and leathery shiny leaves with longitudinal grooves that lie flat on the soil surface. These are present with the flowers and sit either side of a tufted, congested globe of orange to red flowers, borne almost at ground level. The anthers are bright yellow and are carried on bright orange to red filaments, which all stick up out of the central flower mass. It looks as if tiny flames are dancing over the flowers. It grows in association with Daubenya aurea. In its natural habitat it is usually found growing in clay flats in the Roggeveld and the northwest Cape.