General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Red
Other: Pink flowered form less common.
Flower Time: Fall
Late fall or early winter
Underground structures: Rhizome
Corm
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Will Naturalize
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Other: stem propagules/"bulbils"
Pollinators: Bees
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Kaffir Lily
  • Cape Lily
  • Crimson Flag
  • River Lily
  • Scarlet River Lily
  • Coffee Lily
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Hesperantha coccinea
  • Synonym: Schizostylis coccinea

Photo Gallery
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2017-11-02
Location: Jardin Exotique & Botanique  Roscoff, Brittany, France
Date: 2023-08-29
Location: Jardin Exotique & Botanique  Roscoff, Brittany, France
Date: 2023-08-29
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2017-11-02
late blooming and delicate
Location: Botanical Garden of the University of Münster
Date: 2017-09-19
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-09-01
Location: Botanical Garden of the University of Münster
Date: 2017-09-19
Location: Botanical Garden of the University of Münster
Date: 2017-09-19
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2015-01-12
Planted in early 2014 in a sheltered and shaded position next to
Location: Utrecht Botanical Garden
Date: 2021-10-10
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2014-10-03
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2014-10-03

photo credit: Dinkum

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