Cyphia Elata - Indigenous South African Perrenial Shrub - 10 Seeds Mint which was imported from Australia

which was imported from Australia in 1897

Variable leaves

many slender racemes of dull scarlet-red flowers in Winter

but it is not a lily and all of the species are native to South Africa from the cape to the Limpopo River

Cyphia Elata - Indigenous South African Perrenial Shrub - 10 Seeds Mint which was imported from AustraliaThe family Campanulaceae (also bellflower family), of the order Asterales, contains about 2000 species, in 70 genera, of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and rarely small trees, often with milky non toxic sap. Among them are the familiar garden plants Campanula (bellflower), Lobelia, and Platycodon (balloon flower). 35cm erect stem, spike of yellow & red bicoloured flowers, striking. Sow Spring. USDA Zone 8 Season to Sow Spring