Gethyllis ciliaris, commonly known as the Hottentots-koekemakranka, Hotnotskoekoemakranka or hairy kukumakranka, is a perennial geophyte belonging to the genus Gethyllis and is part of the fynbos. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs from Clanwilliam to the Cape Peninsula. The plant has lost approximately 25% of its habitat to crop cultivation, invasive plants and coastal development over the past 70 years.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Common Kukumakranka being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Gethyllis
- Species
- Gethyllis ciliaris
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