Family AMARYLLIDACEAE
Genus Ammocharis
Species coranica
SA Plant Number
Basionym Ammocharis coranica

These deciduous bulbs have grey-green, strap-shaped, falcate leaves with blunt tips.

It produces multiple sweet smelling, trumpet shaped, glossy pink to reddish flower heads from September to March. The scent is more pronounced at night and therefore probably moth pollinated.

They make a wonderful display after rain in grassland gardens, are beautiful in rockeries or containers.

Size: up to 35 cm

Insects: These sweet smelling flowers scent is more intense at night and therefore probably moth pollinated.

Evergreen or Deciduous: Deciduous , Plant Type: Bulbs and Rhizomes, Position: Sun - Full, Soil: Sandy Soil, Garden Uses: Container Plant, Garden Uses: Long Flowering, Garden Uses: Rockeries and retaining walls, Hardiness - Drought: Drought Resistant, Flower colour: Pink shades, Garden type: Grassland Garden, Garden type: Rocky outcrop and Koppie Gardens,

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