Citation: Hort., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2:321 (1899).

Synonymy: Phormium bulbiferum Cirillo, Pl. Rar. Neap. 1:35 (1788); L. pendula Sol. in Aiton, Hort. Kew. 1:461 (1789). , Phormium bulbifera

Common name: Red lachenalia.

Description:
Leaves 1 or 2, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, sometimes reddish-spotted above, rarely to 30 cm long and 4 cm broad.

Scapes usually 10-20 cm high, with often 10-15 flowers; pedicels to 5 mm long; flowers mostly pendulous; outer perianth red, more or less cylindrical, slightly shorter than the inner, 3-4 cm long; inner segments yellowish with a green tip and reddish or purplish in parts; anthers and stigma at the mouth.

Published illustration: Rice & Crompton (1950) Wildflowers of the Cape of Good Hope, pl. 237.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: EP, YP. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: May — Sept.

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

Biology: No text

Uses: Cultivated as an ornamental.

Author: Not yet available