5 Rand Starfish Lily - colourized

South Africa's "Starfish Lily" — Cryptostephanus vansonii — is a rare bulbous plant endemic to a small region of Limpopo province, listed as vulnerable under national conservation assessments. The colourization was applied post-strike, a finishing technique the South African Mint began deploying more aggressively on its nature series from the mid-2010s to differentiate collector issues from standard bullion. KM#628 sits in a longer run of botanically themed crown-sized pieces tied loosely to South Africa's biodiversity commitments.