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Haemanthus coccineus
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Haemanthus coccineus, the blood flower, blood lily or paintbrush lily, is a species of flowering plant in the amaryllis family Amaryllidaceae, native to Southern Africa. Growing to 35 cm (14 in) tall and wide, it is a bulbous perennial with short brown stems surmounted by red flowers, the flowers appearing in spring and summer, before the strap-shaped leaves.
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Haemanthus coccineus
- Slug
- haemanthus-coccineus
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Haemanthus
- Species
- coccineus
- Wikidata QID
- Q5638197
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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