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Brunsvigia natalensis (Natal candelabra flower)

Kandelaarblom [Afrikaans]; lilula [Swazi]; umbhola [Zulu]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Amaryllidaceae > Genus: Brunsvigia

Brunsvigia natalensis (Natal candelabra flower)

Brunsvigia natalensis, flowering in early summer in grassland in the Umgeni Valley Nature Reserve near Howick in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Brunsvigia natalensis (Natal candelabra flower) Brunsvigia natalensis (Natal candelabra flower)
Brunsvigia natalensis, flowering in early summer in grassland in the Umgeni Valley Nature Reserve near Howick in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©] Brunsvigia natalensis, flowering in early summer in grassland in the Umgeni Valley Nature Reserve near Howick in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by Elsa Pooley p. 348

See Transvaal Lowveld and escarpment wild flowers by Jo Onderstall p. 54