''Cyanella alba'', the lady's hand or toe-toe-uintjie, is a perennial flowering plant and geophyte belonging to the genus '' Cyanella'' and is part of the

fynbos Fynbos (; , ) is a small belt of natural shrubland or heathland vegetation located in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. The area is predominantly coastal and mountainous, with a Mediterranean climate. The fynbos ...

. The plant is endemic to the

Northern Cape The Northern Cape ( ; ; ) is the largest and most sparsely populated Provinces of South Africa, province of South Africa. It was created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley, South Africa, Kimberley. It includes ...

and the

Western Cape The Western Cape ( ; , ) is a provinces of South Africa, province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country. It is the List of South African provinces by area, fourth largest of the nine provinces with an area of , an ...

and occurs on the Bokkeveld escarpment. The plant flowers in August, September and October.https://pza.sanbi.org/cyanella-alba

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15507360 Tecophilaeaceae Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces Fynbos Plants described in 1782