Strelitzia reginaeBanks

common bird-of-paradise flower

WFO wfo-0000562066 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–f

Strelitzia reginae, photographed by Thomas Mesaglio
fig. a Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-08-05 / obs. 88322836
Strelitzia reginae, photographed by Andrew Gillespie
fig. b Andrew Gillespie, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 80235822
Strelitzia reginae, photographed by Thomas Mesaglio
fig. c Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175345731
Strelitzia reginae, photographed by Shaun Swanepoel
fig. d Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 170078736
Strelitzia reginae, photographed by Thomas Mesaglio
fig. e Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 88168299
Strelitzia reginae, photographed by Riley Pollom
fig. f Riley Pollom, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 16182104

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Flowering n = 1,423 observations

Peak flowering in Apr, from 1,423 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 29 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Heliconia bihai J.Mill.
  • Heliconia strelizia J.F.Gmel.
  • Strelitzia angustifolia W.T.Aiton
  • Strelitzia cucullata Volut
  • Strelitzia farinosa W.T.Aiton
  • Strelitzia gigantea J.Kern.
  • Strelitzia glauca A.Rich.
  • Strelitzia humilis Link
  • Strelitzia ovata W.T.Aiton
  • Strelitzia parvifolia W.T.Aiton
  • Strelitzia prolifera Carrière
  • Strelitzia pumila Planch.
  • Strelitzia regalis Salisb.
  • Strelitzia reginae f. flava (C.Morren) Voss
  • Strelitzia reginae f. humilis (Link) Voss
  • Strelitzia reginae subsp. latifolia Maire & Weiller
  • Strelitzia reginae subsp. parvifolia (W.T.Aiton) Maire & Weiller
  • Strelitzia reginae var. crinita W.J.Richards
  • Strelitzia reginae var. farinosa (W.T.Aiton) Baker
  • Strelitzia reginae var. flava Gouas
  • Strelitzia reginae var. flava C.Morren
  • Strelitzia reginae var. glauca (A.Rich.) Baker
  • Strelitzia reginae var. humilis (Link) Baker
  • Strelitzia reginae var. lemoinieri Miellez ex Planch.

and 5 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.