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Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. multiflorus (Fire-ball lily)

[= Haemanthus multiflorus, Haemanthus sacculus]

isiphompo, isiphungo [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 subsp. multiflorus (Fire-ball lily) Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. multiflorus (Fire-ball lily)
Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. multiflorus (Fire-ball lily)

Left: Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. multiflorus, Chikukwa, lower Chimanimani Mountains, Mozambique. [photo Stefaan Dondeyne ©, Flora of Mozambique]

Top right: Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. multiflorus, Gardiner, Arcturus, Zimbabwe. [photo Bart Wursten ©, Flora of Zimbabwe]

Bottom right: Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. multiflorus, on the lower slopes of Serra de Guruve above the Tea Estates, Mozambique. [photo Alan Gardiner ©, Flora of Mozambique]

See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by Elsa Pooley p. 36.

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