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Flowers of Crassula capitella subsp thyrsiflora, growing in the Robertson Karoo The "campfire" cultivar Compact form of Crassula capitella subsp thyrsiflora An extremely variable species. The narrow, pointed, splayed ("propeller-like" [ 2 ] ) leaves are initially a light green, but become a strong reddish colour in the sun.
Gloriosa superba is the national flower of Zimbabwe (where it is a protected plant). A diamond brooch in the shape of the flame lily was a gift from Southern Rhodesia (modern day Zimbabwe) to Queen Elizabeth II on a visit in 1947 while she was still the crown princess. [9] The flame lily was used on the regimental colours of the Rhodesian Light ...
Flowers are bright red or scarlet in colour, bell-shaped when viewed from the side and star-shaped when viewed end-on, about 25 to 30 mm (1.0 to 1.2 in) long by 16 to 22 mm (0.6 to 0.9 in) wide, and are produced on large panicles. [7] They have five petals, fused at the base and free at the ends.
The flowers are large, with four spreading scarlet or orange-red petals up to 8 cm (3 in) long, and a fifth upright petal called the standard, which is slightly larger and spotted with yellow and white. They appear in corymbs along and at the ends of branches. The naturally occurring variety flavida (Bengali: Radhachura) has yellow flowers. [7]
Celosia (/ s iː ˈ l oʊ ʃ i ə / see-LOH-shee-ə [2]) is a small genus of edible and ornamental plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. Its species are commonly known as woolflowers, or, if the flower heads are crested by fasciation, cockscombs. [3] The plants are well known in East Africa's highlands and are used under their Swahili ...
Flame tree is another vernacular name, but may refer to a number of unrelated plants as well. Many species of Erythrina have bright red flowers, and this may be the origin of the common name. However, the growth of the branches can resemble the shape of sea coral rather than the color of Corallium rubrum specifically, and this is an alternative ...
Beaufortia aestiva, commonly known as Kalbarri beaufortia, [2] or summer flame, [3] is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a dense, usually rounded shrub with small leaves and which bears yellow or red flowers in bottlebrush-like spikes near the ends of the branches in summer.
Phlox (/ ˈ f l ɒ k s /; Ancient Greek: φλόξ "flame"; plural "phlox" or "phloxes", Ancient Greek: φλόγες phlóges) is a genus of 68 species of perennial and annual plants in the family Polemoniaceae. They are found mostly in North America (one in Siberia) in diverse habitats from alpine tundra to open woodland and prairie. Some ...