The flower’s scientific name is Gloriosa superba (Gloriosa meaning full of glory and superba meaning superb) but it’s more commonly known as the flame lily, glory lily, climbing lily, creeping lily or tiger claw, and is a species of flowering plant in the family Colchicaceae.
This species is the national flower of Zimbabwe. It is also the national flower of Tamil Eelam and the state flower of Tamil Nadu.
In India, Gloriosa is distributed in the Western Ghats but the density is rapidly decreasing due to excessive uprooting by herbal medicine producers.