10 Wachendorfia thyrsiflora Seeds - Bloodroot, Rooikanol - Indigenous South African Bulbs Seeds

Wachendorfia thyrsiflora Seeds

Bloodroot, Rooikanol

Wachendorfia thyrsiflora with its large golden flower spikes is very striking when in flower, and is a must for the marshy garden. It is a tall evergreen geophyte (perennial plant with underground buds). The rootstock is a branched, fleshy rhizome with clusters of thin adventitious roots at the nodes. The rhizome is a distinctive red colour, containing a red fluid rich in arylphenalenone pigments. The leaves are firm, hairless, entire and broadly sword shaped, with very distinctive longitudinally pleated leaf blades. The inflorescence is a dense cylindrical panicle of bright golden-yellow flowers on a tall sturdy stalk. Flowers are produced from spring until mid-summer (September - December). The leaves are from 0.6 to 1 m tall and the flower stalks can reach up to 2.5 m in height.