Scadoxus multiflorus
This plant has poison characteristics. See below.
- Common Name(s):
- African blood lily, Blood lily, Powderpuff lily
- Categories:
- Poisonous Plants, Summer Bulbs
- Comment:
Bulbous herb with alternate, simple leaves; stem and leaf stalk spotted; flowers crowded in terminal umbels; mostly erect, tubular below with 6 spreading petal-like segments, scarlet or red/orange, fading to pink. May produce orange-red, globular berries in fall. Produces a rosette of dark green leaves after flowering. Is also known as Haemanthus multiflorus.
- Season:
- Summer
- Light:
- AM Sun to 25% Shade
- Color:
- Red
- Height:
- 12-16 in. (30-40 cm)
- Space:
- One per 8-in. pot
- Depth:
- Cover 1 in. (2.5 cm)
- Organ:
- Bulb
- Hardiness:
- Tender II- injured below 50 degrees F (10C)
- Storage:
- Bring containers indoors and either grow them as plants in a lighted area or store bulbs dry in the container at 50-58 degrees F (10-14C)
- Family:
- Amaryllidaceae
- Origin:
- Africa
- Poison Part:
- Bulbs
- Poison Delivery Mode:
- Ingestion
- Symptoms:
- Salivation, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
- Toxic Principle:
- Lycorine and other alkaloids
- Severity:
- CAUSES ONLY LOW TOXICITY IF EATEN
- Found in:
- Houseplant or interiorscape, cultivated ornamental bulb
NCCES plant id: 1151
