Empodium

Empodium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hypoxidaceae, first described in 1866. It grows from a small corm which produces lance-shaped or pleated and sometimes hairy, star-shaped flowers and leaves with long in Autumn season. The genus is native to winter-rainfall areas in South Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho, and Namibia.

1. Empodium elongatum <small>(Nel) B.L.Burtt</small> – Lesotho, Eswatini, Lesotho
2. Empodium flexile <small>(Nel) M.F.Thomps. ex Snijman</small> – Cape Province
3. Empodium gloriosum <small>(Nel) B.L.Burtt</small> – Cape Province
4. Empodium monophyllum <small>(Nel) B.L.Burtt</small> – KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini
5. Empodium namaquensis <small>(Baker) M.F.Thomps.</small> – Cape Province
6. Empodium plicatum <small>(Thunb.) Garside</small> – Cape Province
7. Empodium veratrifolium <small>(Willd.) M.F.Thomps.</small> – Cape Province

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