Bessera elegans, also known by the common name coral drops, is a cormous herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, from Mexico.[9]

Bessera elegans
Bessera elegans 1839 (Artist: Sarah Ann Drake)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Brodiaeoideae
Genus:	Bessera
Species:	B. elegans
Binomial name
Bessera elegans Schult.f. 1829[2]
Synonyms
Pharium elegans (Schult.f.) Steud., 1841[3] Bessera fistulosa (Herb.) Pritz., 1854[4] Bessera herbertii G.Don in R.Sweet, 1839[5] Bessera miniata Lem. in L.B.Van Houtte, 1848[6] Bessera multiflora M.Martens & Galeotti, 1842[7] Pharium fistulosum Herb., 1832[8] Pharium herbertii (G.Don) Steud., 1841[3]

Description

• Height: Up to 70 cm.[9]
• Flowers: Umbels of pendant, showy scarlet-and-white coloured flowers.[9]
• Leaves: Attenuated, erect leaves.[9]

Distribution

Native to central and southern Mexico, B. elegans is also cultivated as an ornamental.[9]

Gallery

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  B. elegans growing in the alpine house at RHS Garden, Wisley in Surrey, England.
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  B. elegans inflorescence.
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  B. elegans flower detail.

References

External links

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