Brachystelma species, maybe pulchella

    Brachystelma species, maybe pulchella
    Author: Ivan Lätti
    Photographer: Judd Kirkel Welwitch

    If this is Brachystelma pulchella, it is commonly called Hottentots bread. The tubers of many brachystelmas are eaten by animals as well as humans. This may give cause to the name sometimes heard: famine food.

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