Hesperantha Pauciflora - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Lettuce Small branchlets emerge from these

Small branchlets emerge from these knobs on which the tiny cylindrical cladodes or leaf-like stems grow

A tree often branching near its base growing to 15 m with a flattened or rounded crown or a multistemmed shrub to 3-4 meters high with a spreading rounded crown

bluish green or turquoise flowered plant with whitish tips is great sown in the autumn

slender pods with good flavour

Hesperantha Pauciflora - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Lettuce Small branchlets emerge from theseHesperantha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae. The genus name is derived from the Greek words hesperos, meaning "evening", and anthos, meaning "flower". Growing to 20cm with fragrant pink to purple flowers in spring. Flowers open in the afternoons. USDA Zone 8 Season to Sow Autumn Photos with credit to the late Rod and Rachel Saunders, eminent experts on South African indigenous flora.