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Sparaxis tricolor
Also called Harlequin Flower, Three Color Harlequin Flower, Harlequin Silklily
Wandflower is a bulb-forming perennial from the Cape region of South Africa, grown for its bi- or tri-coloured flowers. It needs full sun and well-drained soil, and it is a common garden and cut-flower bulb.
Sparaxis tricolor, known by the common names wandflower, harlequin flower, and sparaxis, is a bulb-forming perennial plant that grows in well-drained sunny soil. It gained its name from its colorful flowers which are bi- or tri-coloured with a golden centre and a small ring of brown surrounded by another colour.
The plant is native to the northern Bokkeveld Escarpment in the west-central Cape Provinces of South Africa. It is present in California and Australia as an introduced species after having escaped from garden cultivation.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sparaxis tricolor 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.
