Natal Lily
Clivia miniata
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Sikkim, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh & more
How to identify Natal Lily
Identify Natal Lily by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Broad strap-like, dark green.
- Confirm flower colour: Orange.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Umbel.
- In India, compare location records such as Sikkim, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Amaryllidaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Natal Lily.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Clivia miniata
- Genus
- Clivia
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Sikkim, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Broad strap-like, dark greenrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Basal
Characters marked “recorded” are for Natal Lily itself; the rest are typical of the Amaryllidaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Orangerecorded
- Flower arrangement
- UmbelrecordedFlower stalks all radiate from a single point, like umbrella ribs.“The showy, funnel-shaped flowers are produced in an umbel-shaped inflorescence, colored red, orange or yellow, sometimes with a faint, but very sweet perfume.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- BerryrecordedA fleshy fruit with seeds embedded directly in the pulp, no central stone.“The fruit is a bright-red spherical berry to 5 cm (2 in) in diameter, producing one to a few seeds.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Umbel
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Natal Lily itself; the rest are typical of the Amaryllidaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Natal Lily
Natal Lily (Clivia miniata) belongs to the Amaryllidaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Sikkim, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and 3 other states.
Uses
Locally it is planted as an ornamental.
Amaryllidaceae
Amaryllis Family
Natal Lily belongs to the Amaryllidaceae family.
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