ering ▁bul b ous ▁plant , ▁with ▁a ▁dense ▁sp ike ▁( rac eme ) ▁of ▁yellow ish - green ▁flowers ▁to pped ▁by ▁a ▁" head " ▁of ▁leaf y ▁b ract s . ▁In ▁A frika ans ▁it ▁is ▁called ▁ ▁(' rock ▁l ily '). ▁ ▁Description ▁Eu com is ▁am ary ll id ifolia ▁is ▁a ▁short ▁summer - g row ing ▁bul b ous ▁plant , ▁ ▁tall . ▁Its ▁bul b ▁is ▁more ▁or ▁less ▁spher ical , ▁ ▁across , ▁with ▁a ▁dark ▁brown ▁outer ▁t unic . ▁Five ▁or ▁six ▁leaves ▁emer ge ▁from ▁the ▁bul b , ▁ ▁long ▁and ▁ ▁across . ▁The ▁marg ins ▁of ▁the ▁leaves ▁are ▁w avy . ▁The ▁infl ores c ence ▁is ▁a ▁dens ely ▁pack ed ▁rac eme ▁with ▁ 3 0 – 5 0 ▁individual ▁flowers . ▁The ▁rac eme ▁is ▁to pped ▁by ▁a ▁head ▁or ▁" com a " ▁formed ▁from ▁ 1 3 ▁to ▁ 2 0 ▁b ract s ▁about ▁ ▁long . ▁The ▁somewhat ▁sweet ly ▁sc ented ▁flowers ▁have ▁six ▁yellow ish ▁green ▁te p als , ▁ ▁long ▁by ▁ ▁wide . ▁The ▁ov ary ▁is ▁green ish ▁yellow . ▁The ▁se eds ▁are ▁gl oss y ▁and ▁black . ▁ ▁It ▁flowers ▁in ▁summer ▁and ▁early ▁aut umn ▁( J anu ary ▁to ▁March ▁in ▁its ▁native ▁South ▁Africa ). ▁ ▁Tax onomy ▁Eu com is ▁am ary ll id ifolia ▁was ▁first ▁described ▁by ▁John ▁Gilbert