Yellow Firelily

Cyrtanthus breviflorus

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

• Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document	Features
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:30 a.m.	Drought-resistant Good potplant Edible Fragrant Medicinal Near water Semi-shade Sun Bulb Soil: loam Soil: sandy Color data Flowering data
Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping May 22, 2026, 11:31 p.m.	Near water Sun Bulb Egoli Granite Grassland

Photo credits

You can see the credits underneath each photo of the species pages as well. Credits, in order of appearance:

• (c) Richard Booth, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Richard Booth source
• (c) Robert Taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Robert Taylor source
• (c) Peter Vos, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Peter Vos source
• (c) James Hallé, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by James Hallé source
• (c) maddyo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• (c) Brendan Cole, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Brendan Cole source
• (c) Natalie Vos, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Natalie Vos source
• (c) brycelmrobinson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• (c) Alison Young, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alison Young source
• no rights reserved, uploaded by Peter Warren source
• (c) Marco Schmidt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Marco Schmidt source
• (c) Simon Attwood, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Simon Attwood source