| Eriospermum paradoxum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nolinoideae |
| Genus: | Eriospermum |
| Species: | E. paradoxum |
| Binomial name | |
| Eriospermum paradoxum | |
Eriospermum paradoxum ("haasklossie") is a species of geophytic plant of the genus Eriospermum , indigenous to the Cape region of South Africa. Its habitat is sandy or rocky clay soils in arid winter-rainfall areas. [1] [2] [3] It is a bit peculiar in having a true leaf that is like the scale-leaves of some junipers, from which emerges an enation up to 15 cm (5.9 in) in height and half as wide. [4] but is semisucculent in nature.
