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== ''Anthericum hispidum'' == | == ''Anthericum hispidum'' == | ||
*Accepted name : ''[[]]'' | *Accepted name : ''[[Trachyandra hispida]]'' | ||
''Anthericum hispidum'' Linn. ''Liliaceae''. ST. BERNARD'S LILY. South Africa. The sprouts are eaten as a substitute for asparagus. They are by no means unpalatable, says Carmichael <ref>Hooker, W. J. ''Bot. Misc.'' 2:264. 1831.</ref>, though a certain clamminess which they possess, that induces the sensation as of pulling hairs from between one's lips, renders them at first unpleasant. | ''Anthericum hispidum'' Linn. ''Liliaceae''. ST. BERNARD'S LILY. South Africa. The sprouts are eaten as a substitute for asparagus. They are by no means unpalatable, says Carmichael <ref>Hooker, W. J. ''Bot. Misc.'' 2:264. 1831.</ref>, though a certain clamminess which they possess, that induces the sensation as of pulling hairs from between one's lips, renders them at first unpleasant. | ||
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Anthericum (Sturtevant, 1919) |
Anthericum hispidum
- Accepted name : Trachyandra hispida
Anthericum hispidum Linn. Liliaceae. ST. BERNARD'S LILY. South Africa. The sprouts are eaten as a substitute for asparagus. They are by no means unpalatable, says Carmichael [1], though a certain clamminess which they possess, that induces the sensation as of pulling hairs from between one's lips, renders them at first unpleasant.
- ↑ Hooker, W. J. Bot. Misc. 2:264. 1831.