Colchicaceae
Flame lily
Gloriosa superba
- Family
- Colchicaceae
- Genus
- Gloriosa
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Common names
By language (40)
- Afrikaans
- Geelboslelie, Rooiboslelie, Vlamlelie, Vuurlelie
- Arabic
- باهرة هندية
- arz
- باهره هنديه
- Bangla
- উলট চন্ডাল, অগ্নিজিহ্বা, অগ্নিশিখা, বিষলাঙ্গুলী, স্বর্ণপুষ্পা
- Bulgarian
- Разкошна глориоза, Огнена лилия
- Burmese
- ဆီမီးတောက်ပန်း, ကုလားမျက်စိပန်း
- Chinese
- 嘉兰, 嘉蘭, 火焰百合, 百骑大栗树
- Czech
- Glorióza vznešená, Krasoda červená
- Danish
- Klatrelilje
- Divehi
- ވިހަ ލަގޮނޑި
- Dutch
- Klimlelie, Prachtlelie
- English
- Flame lily, Climbing lily, Glory lily, Tiger claw
- Finnish
- Keijunlilja
- German
- Ruhmeskrone, Ruhmesblume
- Hindi
- कलिहारी
- Indonesian
- Kembang sungsang
- Javanese
- Kembang sungsang
- Kannada
- ಅಗ್ನಿಶಿಖಾ
- mad
- Manḍhâlika
- Malay
- Kembang songsang, Kembang sungsang
- Malayalam
- കിത്തോന്നി, പറയൻ ചെടി, മേന്തോന്നി
- Odia
- ଲହଲାଙ୍ଗଳୀ
- Persian
- گلوریوسا سوپربا
- Polish
- Glorioza wspaniała, Pysznokwiat wspaniały
- Punjabi
- ਕਲਿਹਾਰੀ
- Russian
- Глориоза роскошная
- shn
- မွၵ်ႇၶႃၵူင်း, တူၼ်ႈမွၵ်ႇၵူင်းၵၵ်း, မွၵ်ႇၵူင်းၵၵ်း, မွၵ်ႇၶိူဝ်းသၢႆၶၼ်း
- Sinhala
- නියඟලා
- Slovak
- Glorióza pyšná
- Slovenian
- Razkošna lilija
- Spanish
- Bandera española, Clinostylis speciosa, Lirio de fuego
- Sundanese
- Katongkat
- Swedish
- Klänglilja, Vågig klänglilja
- Tajik
- Занбақи оташин
- Tamil
- காந்தள், கார்த்திகைப்பூ, கோடல், செங்காந்தள்
- tcy
- ಗೌರಿ ಪೂ
- Telugu
- అడవినాభి, అడవి నాభి
- Thai
- ดองดึง
- Tongan
- Lile veʻemoa
- Vietnamese
- Ngót nghẻo, Gia lan, Huệ lồng đèn, Ngọt nghẹo
Synonyms
- Eugone superba (L.) Salisb.
- Gloriosa angulata Schumach.
- Gloriosa cirrhifolia Stokes
- Gloriosa doniana Schult. & Schult.f.
- Gloriosa lutea Anon.
- Gloriosa nepalensis G.Don
- Gloriosa rockefelleriana Stehlé & M.Stehlé
- Gloriosa rothschildiana O'Brien
- Gloriosa superba f. angustifolia Kuntze
- Gloriosa superba f. doniana (Schult. & Schult.f.) T.Durand & Schinz
- Gloriosa superba var. angustifolia Baker
- Gloriosa superba var. superba
- Gloriosa verschuurii Hoog
- Methonica doniana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Kunth
- Methonica gloriosa Salisb.
- Methonica plantii hort. ex Planch.
- Methonica senegalensis Poit.
- Methonica superba (L.) Crantz
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: kasparova, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: kasparova, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Miloslav Machotka, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AntanO, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Gloriosa carsoniiColchicaceae
- Gloriosa simplexColchicaceae
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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.