Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. katharinae (Katherine wheel, Blood flower)

Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. katharinae (Katherine wheel, Blood flower)

[= Haemanthus katherinae]

Bloedblom [Afrikaans]; idunjana, ubukhoswane [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: Scadoxus


Scadoxus multiflorus ssp. katharinae flowering in summer amongst ferns in its coastal forest habitat near Munster on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]


Left and top right photos: Scadoxus multiflorus ssp. katharinae flowering in summer in cultivation on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©] Bottom right photo: Scadoxus multiflorus ssp. katharinae in fruit at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]