Family:

Asphodelaceae

Habitat:

Ruderal grassland, urban habitat

Growth habit:

shrubby

Plant size:

2 - 4 m

Flower colour:

orange-red

Flowering time

January to June

Leaf characteristics:

rosettes of fleshy, spreading, 50 - 60 cm long leaves at the ends of the branches, which are bent down at the tip. Margins with pale, stiff and barely prickly teeth

Flower characteristics:

racemose inflorescence up to 30 cm long, cylindrical flowers with a 4 cm long corolla, outer bracts free to the base, stamens protruding 3 - 5 mm from the corolla

Fruits:

./.

Special features:

Neophyte, originally from South Africa