Pedaliaceae

Sackflower

Holubia saccata Oliv.

Family: Pedaliaceae
Genus: Holubia

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Sackflower (Holubia saccata) — FlowerPhoto: Nic Knott-Craig, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Afrikaans: Sakblom
English: Sackflower
Tswana: Makgabeathutlwa

Flowers

In flower: January to March (from 17 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Nic Knott-Craig, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: rosshawkins, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Antoinette Eyssell Knox, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: rosshawkins, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Andrew Deacon, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nic Knott-Craig, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.