Romulea rosea: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Romulea
- Species
- Romulea rosea
- Scientific Name
- Romulea rosea
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Romulea rosea
Romulea rosea is a herbaceous perennial plant in the family Iridaceae. It is a small plant, usually less than 20 cm high, with grass-like leaves. The flowers, which appear in spring, are pink with a yellow throat. Common names include Guildford grass, onion grass and rosy sandcrocus.
R. rosea is endemic to the western Cape Province (now Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape) in South Africa, but it has become naturalised in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and California in the United States. It is considered to be an environmental weed in much of Australia.
...Romulea rosea in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Knikkertjie
- Afrikaans
- Rooiknikkertjie
- English
- Rosy sandcrocus
- English
- Onion-grass
- English
- Guildford Grass
- English
- Rosy Froetang
- English
- onion grass
- English
- Common Romulea
- French
- Romulée rose
- Japanese
- アフリカヒメアヤメ
- Russian
- Ромулея розовая
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Romulea albiflora
- Romulea albomarginata
- Romulea alticola
- Romulea aquatica
- Romulea arnaudii
- Romulea atrandra
- Romulea austinii
- Romulea autumnalis
- Romulea barkerae
- Romulea biflora
- Romulea bocchierii
- Romulea bulbocodium
- Romulea camerooniana
- Romulea cedarbergensis
- Romulea citrina
- Romulea collina
- Romulea columnae
- Romulea congoensis
- Romulea corsica
- Romulea cruciata
- Romulea cyrenaica
- Romulea dichotoma
- Romulea discifera
- Romulea diversiformis
- Romulea diversiformis × komsbergensis
- Romulea eburea
- Romulea eburnea
- Romulea elliptica
- Romulea eximia
- Romulea fibrosa
- Romulea fischeri
- Romulea flava
- Romulea flexuosa
- Romulea florentii
- Romulea gigantea
- Romulea gracillima
- Romulea hallii
- Romulea hantamensis
- Romulea hirsuta
- Romulea hirta
- Romulea insularis
- Romulea jugicola
- Romulea kamisensis
- Romulea komsbergensis
- Romulea leipoldtii
- Romulea lilacina
- Romulea limbarae
- Romulea linaresii
- Romulea longipes
- Romulea lutea
- Romulea luteiflora
- Romulea luteoflora
- Romulea macowanii
- Romulea maculata
- Romulea malaniae
- Romulea membranacea
- Romulea minutiflora
- Romulea monadelpha
- Romulea monophylla
- Romulea montana
- Romulea monticola
- Romulea multifida
- Romulea multisulcata
- Romulea namaquensis
- Romulea nivalis
- Romulea numidica
- Romulea obscura
- Romulea pearsonii
- Romulea penzigii
- Romulea petraea
- Romulea phoenicia
- Romulea pilosa
- Romulea pratensis
- Romulea pudica
- Romulea quartzicola
- Romulea ramiflora
- Romulea requienii
- Romulea revelieri
- Romulea rosea
- Romulea rupestris
- Romulea sabulosa
- Romulea saldanhensis
- Romulea sanguinalis
- Romulea saxatilis
- Romulea schlechteri
- Romulea setifolia
- Romulea singularis
- Romulea sinispinosensis
- Romulea sladenii
- Romulea speciosa
- Romulea sphaerocarpa
- Romulea stellata
- Romulea subfistulosa
- Romulea sulphurea
- Romulea syringodeoflora
- Romulea tabularis
- Romulea tempskyana
- Romulea tetragona
- Romulea tortilis
- Romulea tortuosa
- Romulea toximontana
- Romulea triflora
- Romulea tubulosa
- Romulea unifolia
- Romulea vaillantii
- Romulea variicolor
- Romulea villaretii
- Romulea vinacea
- Romulea viridibracteata
- Romulea vlokii































































































































































