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AGAPANTHUS AFRICANUS [1 record]

Record 1 2016-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

Summer blooming plant often grown in tubs, with basal strap-like rich green leaves to 2 cm wide; funnel-shaped flowers pale porcelain-blue with darker center and margins, up to 30 in large umbels, on erect stalks. Subtropic.

OBS

Liliaceae family.

OBS

Subtropical plant (cape of Good Hope).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

plante originaire d'Afrique [...] remarquable par la beauté de ses fleurs, les unes entièrement blanches, d'autres panachées de blanc et de bleu [...] Famille des liliacées.

Spanish

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