She is original of South Africa, in the Cape of Good Hope; it is a bulbous, perennial, semirustic plant, whose vegetative device is cormo. He is small, cleared and with lateral buds, raised leaves and rigid and ramosos stems that they reach up to 80 cms. of height, of which yellow and orange flowers are born. The Croscomias little is known in Chile as plant of culture, although one of its more well-known hybrid species, Croscomia x crocosmiflora were introduced at the beginning of century, becoming naturalized like new species, mainly in the south of the country. It has a certain similarity with
the gladiolos of small flower. At the moment one is him in an area of quite great distribution, growing in wild form, reason why it has been used to extend the supply of flowers of cut in local markets. In European countries and the United States, nevertheless, is a smaller florícola culture, than it also occupies a certain place in the market of flowers and as species of culture in gardens and orchard.
