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Clivia nobilis Lindl.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Amaryllidaceae > Clivia

Characteristics

Leaves about a dozen, lorate, very obtuse, bright green, not narrowed below the middle, 1-1 1/2 ft. long, 1 1/4-1 1/2 in. broad, firm in texture, scabrous on the margin; peduncle ancipitous, about a foot long; flowers often 40-60 in an umbel; pedicels 1/2-1 in. long; spathe-valves several, unequal, lanceolate, greenish; perianth reddish-yellow, curved; tube infundibuliform, 1/4-1/3 in. long; segments oblanceolate, tipped with green, 3/4-11/4 in. long, 1/4-1/3 in. broad; stamens a little exserted; anthers oblong, yellow, 1/12 in. long; ovary globose, 1/8 in. diam.; style finally a little longer than the stamens.
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Rhizomatous perennial, up to 0.5-1.1 m high. Leaves suberect, strap-shaped, 25-45 mm wide, leathery, margins usually serrated, apex usually abruptly rounded and ± notched. Flowers ± 30-40, in a dense cluster, ± tubular, pendulous, on lax, green pedicels; perianth 20-30 mm long, pale to dark orange or orange-red, tipped pale to dark green. Flowering time July-Dec. Fruit a reddish berry; seeds turgid, ± globose, ± 9 mm in diam.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-8
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 7 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 26 - 29
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Clivia nobilis flower picture by marj Wilson (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Clivia nobilis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:63634-1
WFO ID wfo-0000763764
COL ID W9N8
BDTFX ID 122064
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Imatophyllum maximum Clivia nobilis Himantophyllum aitonii Haemanthus cernuiflorus Imatophyllum aitonii
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