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Haemodorum coccineum
Scarlet bloodroot is a bulbous perennial from tropical Australia and New Guinea, with grass-like leaves and dense deep-red flower clusters in the wet season. It needs full sun, well-drained sandy or gravelly soil, and a seasonal dry spell during which it dies back to its rootstock.
Haemodorum coccineum (bunyagutjagutja, bloodroot, menang, scarlet bloodroot, red root) is a flowering plant in the same family as kangaroo paw.
Haemodorum coccineum can be propagated from seed. Vegetative propagation can be achieved by dividing the bulbous root.
Plants prefer a well-drained sandy or gravelly soil and full sun. In the dry season the plant will usually die back, leaving the underground rootstock to regenerate later in the year.
Found in the Top End of the Northern Territory, Northern Queensland and Papua New Guinea.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Haemodorum coccineum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
