Amaryllidaceae
Fire lily
Cyrtanthus ventricosus
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Cyrtanthus
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Common names
By language (4)
- Afrikaans
- Brandlelie
- Chinese
- 鼓筒垂筒花
- English
- Fire lily
- Malayalam
- ഫയർ ലില്ലി
Synonyms
- Amaryllis bivaginata Donn
- Cyrtanthus pallidus Sims
- Gastronema pallidum G.Lodd.
- Monella pallida (Sims) Herb. ex Kunth
- Monella ventricosa (Willd.) Herb.
Flowers
- In flower
- November to January (from 18 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Klaus Wehrlin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Klaus Wehrlin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Klaus Wehrlin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Klaus Wehrlin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tom Lloyd Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Callan Cohen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: magriet b, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Callan Cohen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tom Lloyd Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Callan Cohen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tom Lloyd Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.