Common name: Dwarf Paintbrush Lily
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Synonym(s):
Country of Origin: eastern South Africa
Description:
Uses:
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USDA Zone: 8a-11
Source: Unknown
Provenance:
Originally labelled as S. puniceus, this accession is likely S. membranaceus, based on the small size of the plants and usually four bracts per inflorescence.
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Culture:
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: monocots
- Order: Asparagales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Amaryllidaceae
- SubFamily: Amaryllidoideae
- Tribe: Haemantheae
- SubTribe:
References:
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, March 01, 2016.
- WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Tuesday, March 01, 2016.
- Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Rotational (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Wednesday, August 16, 2017.
- Scadoxus puniceus at PlantzAfrica. Last accessed on Wednesday, August 16, 2017.
- Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.
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