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Clivia gardenii (Major garden's clivia, Natal drooping clivia)

Boslelie [Afrikaans]; umayime, umgulufu [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: Clivia

Clivia gardenii (Major garden's clivia, Natal drooping clivia) Clivia gardenii (Major garden's clivia, Natal drooping clivia)
Clivia gardenii (Major garden's clivia, Natal drooping clivia)
Clivia gardenii, under cultivation in Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photos H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by Elsa Pooley p. 36. and Clivia gardenii (PlantzAfrica.com)