Bessera elegans, also known by the common name coral drops, is a cormous herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, from Mexico.[9]
Description
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Height: Up to 70 cm.[9]
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Flowers: Umbels of pendant, showy scarlet-and-white coloured flowers.[9]
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Leaves: Attenuated, erect leaves.[9]
Distribution
Native to central and southern Mexico, B. elegans is also cultivated as an ornamental.[9]
Gallery
B. elegans inflorescence.
B. elegans flower detail.
References
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^ Edwards's Botanical Register; Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment. London 25: t. 34 (1839). sulivanica
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^ Schult. f. Linnaea 4: 121 1829
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^ a b Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 316. 1841
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^ Pritz., Icon. Bot. Index: 147. 1854
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^ R.Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 3: 694. 1839
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^ L.B.Van Houtte, Fl. Serres 4: t. 424. 1848
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^ M.Martens & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9: 14. 1842
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^ Herb., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1546. 1832
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^ a b c d e Rhs.org.uk. (2020). Bessera elegans | RHS Gardening. [online] Available at: https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/24712/Bessera-elegans/Details [Accessed 16 Feb. 2020].
