| Author: | Johann
Centurius von Hoffmanns, 1894 |
| Family: |
ALLIACEAE* |
| Origin: |
Southern South
Africa |
| Soil: |
Sand |
| Water:
|
Maximum |
| Sun: |
Medium - Maximum |
| Thickness: |
10
Centimetres |
| Height: |
50
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
White
- Dark Blue |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Rhizomes |
| Names:
|
African
Lily, Agapanthus, Lily Of The Nile, African Blue Lily |
| Synonyms: |
Abumon
africanum, Britton,
1918.
Agapanthus
medius, Lodd. ex Steud.
Agapanthus
minor, G.Lodd.
Agapanthus
tuberosus, L. ex Redouté
Agapanthus
umbellatus, L'Hér.
Agapanthus
variegatus, Steud
Barbacenia goetzei, Harms..
Crinum
africanum, L.
Crinum
floridum, Salisb.
Mauhlia
africana, Dahl
Mauhlia
linearis, Thunb.
Mauhlia
umbellata, Thunb. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
Tulbaghia
africana, Kuntze
Tulbaghia
heisteri, Fabr.
Tulbaghia
minor, Kuntze |
This member of the
Alliaceae family was given this name by Johann Centurius von Hoffmanns
in 1894. Is found in Southern South Africa. It
grows on the upper slopes of Table mountain and the southern
mountains, in a slightly acids sandy soil, with some water and lots
of sun. The leaves can get 60 centimetres long, the flower can raise
to one meter, and is from white to dark blue. The plant can be
reproduced both by seeds and dividing of the rhizomes.
The species
from Greek: Agapé
= love and anthos = flower.
The species name indicate it origin from Africa.
Seen as a (the only) member of
the Agapanthaceae family, and MoBot says: Amaryllidaceae,
and does not recognize Alliaceae.
')Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG
IV 2016,
Alliaceae is now part of
the Amaryllidaceae.
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