- any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia; a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers; all parts are poisonous ...

asks Birds & Blooms reader Pat Given of Santa Fe, Texas. Gardening expert Melinda Myers says, “This unique climber, Gloriosa ...

The plant is a climber that uses modified leaf tips as tendrils to attach to supports. It grows from a fleshy tuber that sprouts in spring and dies back in autumn. Gloriosa superba is native to ...