Publication: Taxon 58 95 (2009)
Description
Albuca dilucula (syn. Coilonox diluculum, Ornithogalum diluculum) is a very attractive species that grows to 25 cm tall. It has a solitary boat-shaped, blue leaf with wavy, leather-like margins. It has yellow-green slightly nodding flowers with greyish green keels. It is a winter grower and the leaf is shed in summer. The leaf is dry at flowering. Flowering time is in spring.
Origin and Habitat
Albuca dilucula grows in the Northern Cape and the Western Cape to the western Karoo of South Africa.
Habitat and Ecology: This species is found in dry areas.
Bibliography
Major references and further lectures
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Pacific Bulb Society contributors “Albuca dilucula” Pacific Bulb Society Wiki <http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Albuca\_dilucula\> version August 16, 2015, at 06:33 AM Web. 8 October 2017.
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Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. “Red data list of southern African plants”. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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