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Clivia miniata (Bush
lily, St John's lily, Clivia, Fire lily)
Boslelie [Afrikaans]; ubuhlungu-bemamba, ubuhlungu-beyimba,
umayime [Zulu]
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> Family: Amaryllidaceae >
Genus: Clivia
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Clivia miniata flowering in spring in the
forest along the Bashee River on the Wild Coast, Eastern Cape, South
Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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Clivia miniata under cultivation in
Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. [photos
H. Robertson, Iziko
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Clivia miniata var. citrina under cultivation in Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. [photos
H. Robertson, Iziko
©] |
The entire plant is poisonous due to
toxic alkaloids, mainly lycorine and cliviine.
Death can result from eating it in large amounts.
Pictures and information in field guides
See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by
Elsa Pooley p. 38; Creative
gardening with indigenous plants by Pitta Joffe p. 284; Transvaal
Lowveld and escarpment wild flowers by Jo Onderstall p. 54.
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