Cyrtanthus angustifolius
Image: D. Turner
Description
A bulbous perennial to 45cm with leaves usually green at flowers. It bears 4-10 nodding, narrowly tubular scarlet flowers.It occurs on mountain slopes and flats in seasonal streams and vleis in the Western and Eastern Cape, flowering after fire.
Belongs to the Amaryllis Family.
Information sourced from 'Field Guide to Fynbos' by John Manning. Struik Nature, Cape Town, 2007.
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Scientific name
Cyrtanthus angustifolius