''Dirmia platyphylla'' is a bulbus plant from

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

, specifically the Cape Provinces, and

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

. It was first described in 2014 as ''Rhadamanthus platyphyllus'' though its likely that this plant was described earlier as the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens has offered this plant for sale on their 2007 ISI catalogue.

Description

''Dirmia platyphylla'' is a small bulb plant from South Africa. Its one of the plants sometimes seen in the backgrounds of photos of Conophytum and other Azioceae plants in habitat in South Africa. The leaves are small, and grayish bule, and this plant is a winter grower.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q11269860 Flora of South Africa Flora of Namibia Scilloideae Plants described in 2018