Scadoxus puniceus (Blood
Lily, Snake lily) [= Haemanthus magnificus, Haemanthus natalensis]
Rooikwas, Seerooglelie, Skeerkwas [Afrikaans];
idumbe-lika-nhloyile, idumbelentaba, isiphompo, umgola [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
See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by
Elsa Pooley p. 36; Wild
Flowers of the Highveld by Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan p. 190; Creative
gardening with indigenous plants by Pitta Joffe p. 262.
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