Name: Boophone disticha (L.f.) Herb.
Common names: Bushman Poison Bulb, Candelabra Flower, Cape Poison Bulb, Fan Leaved Boophane, Kaffir Onion, Poison Bulb, Red Posy, Sore Eye Flower, Veld Fan, Windball, Fireball, Oxkiller Fan, Tumbleweed, Century Plant
Form:; bulbous geophyte
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Native Range : Extends to Angola, Welwitsch and the mountains round Lake Nyassa, Thomson and Lake Tanganyika, Cameron.
Habitat: dry savannas, grasslands, and glades in forests
Zone: 12-13
Height: up to 60cm
Spread: to 60cm
Sun: Part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Leaf: Evergreen
Taxon identifiers: PlantList-ID : kew-300915 IPNI plant ID : 60455694-2 Tropicos ID : 1201950 NCBI taxonomy ID : 112533 GBIF taxon ID : 2854664 Encyclopedia of Life ID : 1086357 African Plant Database ID : 15875 EPPO Code : BOPDI iNaturalist taxon ID : 367465 WCSPF ID : 300915 Plants of the World online ID : urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60455694-2 Red List of South African Plants ID : 2076-2 Microsoft Academic ID : 2776387898 World Flora Online ID : wfo-0000761937 Freebase ID : /m/0hhq3v2 Open Tree of Life ID : 434612 Catalogue of Life ID : 68PLF
Synonyms: ≡ Amaryllis disticha L.f. ≡ Amaryllis toxicaria (L.f. ex Aiton) D.Dietr. = Boophone intermedia M.Roem. = Boophone longipedicellata Pax ≡ Boophone toxicaria (L.f. ex Aiton) Herb. = Boophone toxicaria var. obtusifolia Herb. = Brunsvigia ciliaris (L.) Ker Gawl. = Brunsvigia ciliaris (L.) KerGawl. ≡ Brunsvigia disticha (L.f.) Sweet = Brunsvigia rautanenii Baker ≡ Brunsvigia toxicaria (L.f. ex Aiton) Ker Gawl. = Brunsvigia toxicaria (L.f. ex Aiton) KerGawl. = Haemanthus ciliaris L. ≡ Haemanthus distichus (L.f.) L.f. ≡ Haemanthus distichus (L.f.) L.f. ex Savage = Haemanthus lemairei De Wild. = Haemanthus lemairei DeWild. = Haemanthus robustus Pax = Haemanthus sinuatus Schult. & Schult.f. ≡ Haemanthus toxicarius L.f. = Haemanthus toxicarius L.f. ex Aiton