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Cyrtanthus elatus (Jacq.) Traub

Species

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Characteristics

Bulb rather loose, ovoid with membranous brown tunic, up to about 5 cm in diameter, budding from the base. Leaves 4 to several from a bulb, linear-lanceolate to lorate, 20-45 cm long, 2-6 cm broad, smooth on margin. Scape produced with the leaves, 30-60 cm tall, 5-10 mm thick, subterete, hollow. Spathe-valves 2, lanceolate, 4-7 cm long. Flowers 2-9 in an umbel with pedicels 2-5 cm long. Perianth erect or suberect, normally scarlet, sometimes with a white throat, 7-9 cm long; tube more or less triangular, 3-5 cm long and approximately 2 cm wide at the throat; lobes more or less equal, spreading with pulvinate callus at base, 3.5-4.5 cm long and 2-3 cm broad. Stamens inserted on the perianth at the mouth of the tube, about 2 cm shorter than the lobes; anthers dorsifixed, oblong, 1.5 cm long before dehiscence. Ovary oblong-triquetrous, 812 cm long, becoming sub-globose on maturing, with black winged seeds.
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Perennial geophyte, 0.2-0.6 m high. Leaves green at flowering, strap-shaped, 10-25 mm wide, slightly channelled. Flowers 2-9, suberect to spreading; perianth widely funnelshaped, 70-100 mm long, bright red, rarely pink or white, segments 25-35 mm wide; style slightly curved; stigma inconspicuous. Flowering time Nov.-Mar., often after fire.
Bulbous geophyte to 60 cm. Leaves ± 5, green at flowering, broadly strap-shaped. Flowers 2-9, suberect to spreading, large, widely funnel-shaped, scarlet, rarely pink, stamens well-exserted from throat, style capitate.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
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OctNovDec
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
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Soil acidity 2-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Poison (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
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Images

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Distribution

Cyrtanthus elatus world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:64208-1
WFO ID wfo-0000764910
COL ID 33L2R
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cyrtanthus speciosus f. albus Vallota speciosa Vallota purpurea Vallota grandiflora Vallota elata Amaryllis purpurea Amaryllis speciosa l'hér. Crinum speciosum Cyrtanthus elatus Cyrtanthus purpureus Cyrtanthus speciosus Cyrtanthus purpureus Amaryllis mexicana Vallota purpurea var. magnifica Cyrtanthus purpureus f. albus Cyrtanthus speciosus f. magnificus Amaryllis elata
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