Cyrtanthus obrienii Baker

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Amaryllidaceae > Cyrtanthus

Characteristics

Bulb ovoid, 'middle sized'. Leaves contemporary with the flowers, 30 cm long, 4-8 mm broad, bright green. Peduncle longer than the leaves, terete. Spathe-valves lanceolate, 3.75 cm long, scariose. Pedicels considerably shorter than the spathe-valves. Flowers 7-8 in an umbel, nodding; perianth 3.75 cm long or more, bright to pale scarlet; tube curved, dilated gradually to a throat about 4.5 mm wide; lobes ovate 4-5 mm long. Stamens and style included within the perianth tube.
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Bulbous herb, up to 300 mm high. Leaves 2 or 40; present at flowering; blade linear, 300 x 4-8 mm. Flowers: in a 7-or 8-flowered umbel; nodding; perianth with tube curved, dilated gradually to throat, ± 30 mm long or more, lobes ovate, spreading, 4-5 mm long, bright to pale scarlet; Jul.-Sep. Fruit a 3-valved capsule.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 7-9
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 -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Cyrtanthus obrienii world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:64238-1
WFO ID wfo-0000764943
COL ID 33L3L
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cyrtanthus obrienii