Crocosmia aurea (Pappe ex Hook.) Planch.
subsp. aurea

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Crocosmia aurea subsp. aurea

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Vumba Rd in Bunga Forest.

Crocosmia aurea subsp. aurea

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John Meikle Forestry Estate, Stapleford

Crocosmia aurea subsp. aurea

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Morumbodzi Falls, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa.

Crocosmia aurea subsp. aurea

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Morumbodzi Falls, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa.

Crocosmia aurea subsp. aurea

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Morumbodzi Falls, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa.

Crocosmia aurea subsp. aurea

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Chelinda Staff Camp, Nyika national Park.

Crocosmia aurea subsp. aurea

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Chelinda Staff Camp, Nyika national Park.

Crocosmia aurea subsp. aurea

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Chelinda Staff Camp, Nyika national Park.

Crocosmia aurea subsp. aurea

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Main road from Thazima Gate, Nyika National Park

Crocosmia aurea subsp. aurea

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Main road from Thazima Gate, Nyika National Park

Crocosmia aurea subsp. aurea

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Chelinda Staff Camp, Nyika national Park.

Crocosmia aurea subsp. aurea

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Luwawa Forest Reserve, Viphya, Mzimba

Crocosmia aurea subsp. aurea

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Luwawa Forest Reserve, Viphya, Mzimba

Crocosmia aurea subsp. aurea

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Luwawa Forest Reserve, Viphya, Mzimba

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Synonyms: Tritonia aurea Pappe ex Hook.
Common names:
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Perennial herb, normally 60-100 cm, growing from corms and spreading by underground stolons. Stems strongly arched, often branched. Leaves several, linear-lanceolate, shorter or longer than the stem. Inflorescence a terminal 7-12-flowered spike. Flowers usually directed towards the ground, bright orange-red, sometimes with darker markings at the base of the tepals; tepals narrowly elliptic, 12-38 mm long, spreading horizontally. Capsules depressed globose, 12-15 mm in diameter, bright orange-red on the inside.
Type location:
South Africa
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: aurea: golden.
Habitat: In forest margins and clearings.
Altitude range:
Flowering time:Dec - Apr (-Jul)
Worldwide distribution: DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): N
Zambian distribution (Provinces): N
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
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Literature:

Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 204 - 205. (Includes a picture).

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 309. (Includes a picture).

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 17.

Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 127. As Crocosmia aurea

Goldblatt, P. (1993). Iridaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(4) Pages 49 - 51. (Includes a picture).

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 92.

Moriarty, A. (1975). Wild Flowers of Malawi Purnell & sons Cape Town. Pages 11 - 12. (Includes a picture).

Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 110.

Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 83.

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Flora of Malawi: Crocosmia aurea subsp. aurea
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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Crocosmia aurea subsp. aurea.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=115850, retrieved 29 March 2024

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