Tufted Honey-Flower

Melianthus comosus

Vahl Species

Melianthus comosus
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Botanical name
Melianthus comosus
Also known as
Touch-Me-Not, Tufted Honey-Flower
Family
Francoaceae
Genus
Melianthus
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Tufted Honey-Flower

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Melianthus comosus but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Diplerisma comosum

Others in Melianthus

Melianthus dregeanus
Melianthus pectinatus
Melianthus dregeanus subsp. dregeanus
Melianthus elongatus
Melianthus pectinatus subsp. pectinatus
Melianthus dregeanus subsp. insignis
Melianthus major
Honey-Flower
Melianthus pectinatus subsp. gariepinus

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