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Malagash Lily

Ammocharis longifolia

Also called Malgas Lily

Malagash Lily
Photo: JonRichfield, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
SW. Namibia to W. & SW. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Ammocharis longifolia is an African species of bulbous flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae. It has been placed as the only species, Cybistetes longifolia, in the monotypic genus Cybistetes.

Where it grows

It is distributed in southern Namibia and western Cape Province, which constitute the extreme western region of winter rainfall in southern Africa.

Other Ammocharis plants

Ammocharis angolensis · Ammocharis baumii · Ammocharis · Ammocharis deserticola · Ammocharis nerinoides · Ammocharis tinneana · Ammocharis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ammocharis longifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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