ADROMISCHUS
SPHENOPHYLLUS C.A. Smith
Section: 4 Incisilobati
![](maps/sphenophyllus-map.gif)
DISTRIBUTION
Common in the Eastern Cape.
CHARACTERS
A large species, with plain, elongated,
light green leaves with a horny margin to
the base, sometimes with a reddish edge,
but never spotted. Sometimes with
auriculate (ear-like) projections on leaf
bases, like A. maculatus.
CULTIVATION
Easy and unexciting - cut back if your
plants get leggy.
COMMENTS
Merges westwards into A. maculatus
and is probably not distinct.
The flower spike can be quite dense and
attractive in Section 4.
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![Adromischus sphenophyllus](images/sphenophyllus-CR-Dscn1772.jpg)
A. sphenophyllus, at the Valley of Desolation,
NW. Graaff Reinet.
![Adromischus sphenophyllus](images/sphenophyllus-5298.jpg)
A. sphenophyllus, NE.
Riebeeck East. |
![Adromischus sphenophyllus flowers](fls/sphenophyllus-undulatus_fl.jpg)
Flowers with small trichomes in
their mouth. |
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