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.
;Species
  1. Empodium elongatum B.L.Burtt – Lesotho, Eswatini, Lesotho
  2. Empodium flexile M.F.Thomps. ex Snijman – Cape Province
  3. Empodium gloriosum B.L.Burtt – Cape Province
  4. Empodium monophyllum B.L.Burtt – KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini
  5. Empodium namaquensis M.F.Thomps. – Cape Province
  6. Empodium plicatum Garside – Cape Province
  7. Empodium veratrifolium M.F.Thomps. – Cape Province