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Agapanthus L'Hérit.Amaryllidaceae (Liliaceae s.l.) |
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Common names
African lily, lily of the Nile Species cultivated
Agapanthus africanus (L.) Hoffm. A. praecox Willd. (=A. orientalis F.M. Leighton) numerous hybrid cultivars. Origin
Southern Africa. Brief characterization
Leafless scape terminating in rounded umbel-like inflorescence (actually a racemose arrangement of cymes) of up to 30 or more mostly funnelform to trumpet-shaped flowers; 6 tepals in 2 whorls of 3, with +/- midrib on undersides, and with lobes longer than tubes; stamens 6, curving upward near anthers. Cultivar and/or species variation
Flowers blue, purple, lavender, or white, ca. 3-5 cm long; outer tepals smaller than to equal to inner tepals; midrib darker than tepal or white. May be confused with
Countries exporting
Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe.  |
