WorldFloraDB - Cyrtanthus macowanii

Characteristics

Bulb ovoid, 2.5 cm diam. Leaves 1-3, contemporary with the flowers, linear, 15-30 cm long, 3-7 mm broad. Peduncles slender, about 30 cm long, purplish. Spathe-valves 2, lanceolate, 2.5-3.75 cm long, greenish. Pedicels up to about 2 cm long. Flowers 6-8 in an umbel, nodding; perianth 3.5-4 cm long, bright scarlet; tube curved, dilated gradually from the base to a throat 4-5 mm wide; lobes broadly ovate or oblong, 5-7 mm long, spreading. Stamens distinctly biseriate; filaments very short, the upper three anthers in the throat. Style slightly exserted, tricuspidate.

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Perennial geophyte, 0.15-0.30 m high. Leaves green at flowering, linear-lanceolate, 3-15 mm wide, ± V-shaped. Flowers 6-10, ± curved downwards; perianth ± tubular, dilated slightly to throat, 30-40 mm long, scarlet, unscented; stamens included in throat; stigma 3-branched. Flowering time Dec., Jan.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.18 - 0.3

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)	-

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°)	12 - 18
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:64234-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000764939
COL ID	33L3G
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
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Synonyms

Cyrtanthus macowanii

WorldFloraDB 2024

Cyrtanthus macowanii Baker

Species