Paintbrush Lily

Description

Scadoxus puniceus, commonly known as the paintbrush lily, is a species of bulbous plant. It is native to much of southern and eastern Africa: Ethiopia, Sudan, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Swaziland, and South Africa (the Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, the Free State and the Northern Provinces Scadoxus puniceus can be found in cool, shady habitat such as ravines and forests, where it is often found in moist leaf litter. Other common names include snake lily, royal paintbrush, King-of-Candida, African blood lily English, rooikwas Afrikaans, isisphompho, and umgola Zulu There are nine species of Scadoxus of which three, S. puniceus, S. multiflorus with 2 subspecies and S.membranaceus, occur in South Africa.