Trachyandra saltii VIPP 7-22-19 sometimes dusted with silver trichomes

sometimes dusted with silver trichomes

One of the showiest bloomers of the genus

the leaf color is  light chartreuse green with a glossy red veneer

The color is muted pink with ivory mottling

Trachyandra saltii VIPP 7-22-19 sometimes dusted with silver trichomesAn unusual African plant with an upright growing rhizome topped with a tuft of grass like leaves. Native to Eastern Africa, from Yemen to South Africa and Namibia in rocky grasslands, often in frequent fire zones and is considered a pyrophyte. The plants grow in full sun on well drained soils from sands to degraded granite, producing tall spikes with white flowers in Fall in the northern hemisphere. The unbranched caudex like stem can reach two inches