Citation: N.E. Br., Trans. R. Soc. S. Afr. 20:274 (1932) var. floribunda.

Synonymy: Antholyza floribunda Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1:324 (1812); A. aethiopica sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 1:202 (1943), non L.; C. aethiopica sensu H. Eichler, Suppl. 85 (1965), non (L.) N.E. Br. , Chasmanthe floribunda

Common name: Aunt Eliza, African corn-flag, madflower.

Description:
Glabrous perennial 1-1.5 m high; corm to 6 cm diam., flattened; leaves erect, 80-100 cm long, 2.5-4 cm wide, with a prominent mid-vein.

Scape few-branched, often purplish; spikes dense, straight, 20-40-flowered; spathe bracts oblong, 1-1.5 cm long, membranous, brown, the inner one 2-fid; perianth irregular, orange-red to yellow, more or less striped; tube 3-4.5 cm long; lobes spathulate to oblong, 1.2-2.8 cm long; anthers exserted, sagittate, dark-purple, c. 7 mm long; style branches exserted.

Seeds 6-10, orange.

Published illustration: Healy & Edgar (1980) FI. New Zealand, fig. 24.

Distribution:  A garden escape naturalised on roadsides and waste land. S.Aust.: EP, NL, YP, SL, KI, SE.   W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: July — Oct.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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