Cyrtanthus contractus (Fire
Lily)
Brandlelie, Vuurlelie [Afrikaans]; impingizana [Zulu]
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Cyrtanthus contractus, Valley of
Desolation, Camdeboo National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [images
Jeff Shapiro ©, from
iNaturalist] |
See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by
Elsa Pooley p. 38
See
Transvaal
Lowveld and escarpment wild flowers by Jo Onderstall p. 56
Text by Hamish Robertson |