Natal Lily
Clivia miniata (Lindl.) Verschaff.
- light
- Part–shade
- water
- Little
- tall
- 53 cm
- wide
- 76 cm
Amaryllidaceae
Also called Natal Bushlily, Bush lily
Formerly Clivia sulphurea, Imantophyllum barkeri, Imantophyllum miniatum, Imatophyllum atrosanguineum, and 3 more
When it flowers
Flowers July to April in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- EpiphyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade to shade (under 6 h)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 46 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 61 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, orange, redRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -6.7 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
Cape leadwortFlowers May to June, when this does not
Cotton RosemallowFlowers May to June, when this does not
Crimson bottlebrushFlowers May to June, when this does not
JacarandaFlowers May to June, when this does not
LantanaFlowers May to June, when this does not
LemonFlowers May to June, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Lirio sudafricano de monte, Clivia
- Chinese
- 大花君子蘭 劍葉石蒜 大葉石蒜, 君子兰, 大山豆
- Czech
- řemenatka červená
- Japanese
- ウケザキクンシラン
- Estonian
- mattpunane kliivia
- Chinese (China)
- 君子兰
- Korean
- 군자란
- Swedish
- mönjelilja, Mönjelilja
- Russian
- Кливия киноварная
- Lithuanian
- Raudonoji klivija
- Afrikaans
- Boslelie
- German
- Klivie
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 2.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Clivia miniata (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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