Accepted name: Hesperantha coccinea
Leaves to 45 cm long, persistent. Stem 30-90 cm tall with 3 bracts. Flowers 4-14, goblet-shaped, red, 4-5 cm wide; late summer to autumn. Perianth tube narrow, about 3 cm long; segments equal, elliptic, acute.Anthers grey. Style branches about 2 cm long, red. Syn. R. pauciflora Klatt.
E Cape Province to Zimbabwe
Several cultivars are available including:
The names 'Gigantea', 'Grandiflora' and 'Major' are applied to forms with large red flowers.
Source: (2005). Iridaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
Flowers white.
Schizostylis coccinea 'Mrs Hegarty'
Flowers medium rose-pink.
Schizostylis coccinea 'Viscountess Byng'
Tall, with pale pink flowers appearing late in season.
S salmon' Flowers warm pink.
