{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox |name = ''Cyanella lutea'' |image = Cyanella lutea02.jpg |image_caption = ''Cyanella lutea'' subspecies ''rosea'' |genus = Cyanella |species = lutea |authority = L.f. }}
'''''Cyanella lutea''''' (commonly known as '''"Five-fingers"''' or '''"Geelraaptol"''') is a species of cormous herb, native to South Africa (Cape Provinces and Free State) and southern Namibia, where it grows in clay-rich or loamy soils.
==Description== It has a flat basal rosette (plants reach a height of 25 cm) of 4-6 lanceolate, crisped (wavy margins), ribbed leaves. The rosette of leaves usually dies off, before the flowers appear.
The yellow or pink flowers are 15mm wide and appear on a branched inflorescence in late Spring.
===Subspecies=== * subsp. '''''lutea''''' occurs in rocky clay, shale or limestone soils in the Western Cape Province, from the Bokkeveld mountains in the north, to Cape Town in the west, and eastwards through the Little Karoo and Overberg regions as far as the Kouga mountains in the Eastern Cape Province.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=4120-20|title=Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants|website=redlist.sanbi.org}}</ref> * subsp. '''''rosea''''' occurs in dry sandy or calcareous soils to the east and far north (Eastern Cape Province, Northern Cape Province, Free State, and southern Namibia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=4120-21|title=Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants|website=redlist.sanbi.org}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{AfricanPlants|Cyanella lutea}}
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Category:Tecophilaeaceae Category:Flora of the Cape Provinces Category:Flora of the Free State (province) Category:Flora of Namibia Category:Renosterveld Category:Edible plants
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