{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Use dmy dates|cs1-dates=ly|date=April 2022}} {{Speciesbox |image = Hessea gemmata1.jpg |image_caption = In cultivation in Japan |taxon = Strumaria gemmata |authority = Ker Gawl.<ref name=POWO_66915-1/> |synonyms = {{Species list |Gemmaria gemmata|(Ker Gawl.) Salisb. ex D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies |Hessea burchelliana|(Herb.) Benth. & Hook.f. |Hessea gemmata|(Ker Gawl.) Benth. & Hook.f. |Imhofia bergiana|Kunth |Imhofia burchelliana|Herb. |Imhofia gemmata|(Ker Gawl.) Herb. |Periphanes gemmata|(Ker Gawl.) F.M.Leight. |Strumaria undulata|P.J.Bergius ex Kunth }} |synonyms_ref = <ref name=POWO_66915-1/> }}
'''''Strumaria gemmata''''' is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to the Cape Provinces and the Free State of South Africa.<ref name=POWO_66915-1/> It was first described by John Bellenden Ker Gawler in 1814.<ref name=IPNI_66915-1/>
==Description== Members of the genus ''Strumaria'' have flowers in umbels, typically on long pedicels. ''Strumaria gemmata'' is the only species in the genus with yellowish flowers (the others have white or in a few cases pink flowers). The colour is mainly on the midrib of the tepals, which are channelled and have wavy (crisped) edges.<ref name=Gros14/> <gallery mode=packed heights=160px> File:Hessea_gemmata2.jpg|Close up of flower </gallery>
==Distribution and habitat== ''Strumaria gemmata'' is native to semi-arid areas of the Cape Provinces and the Free State of South Africa.<ref name=Gros14/><ref name=POWO_66915-1/>
==References== <references>
<ref name=Gros14>{{citation |mode=cs2 |last=Grossi |first=Alberto |date=2014 |title=''Strumaria'' in cultivation |journal=The Plantsman |series=(New Series) |volume=13 |issue=4 |pages=222–225 }}</ref>
<ref name=IPNI_66915-1>{{citation |title=''Strumaria gemmata'' Ker Gawl.|work=The International Plant Names Index |url=http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=66915-1 |accessdate=2022-04-04}}</ref>
<ref name=POWO_66915-1>{{citation |title=''Strumaria gemmata'' Ker Gawl. |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:66915-1 |accessdate=2022-04-04}}</ref>
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gemmata Category:Flora of the Cape Provinces Category:Flora of the Free State (province) Category:Plants described in 1814 Category:Endemic flora of South Africa
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