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Accession Data:

(L.) DC.

  • Common Name: Cerulean Flaxlily
  • Family:

  • Country of Origin: east tropical Africa, Madagascar

  • Description: Stem to 6 feet, leafy in lower part; leaves to 12 inches long and 1 inch wide; flowers blue or whitish, to 5/16" long, anthers yellow.
  • Culture: They prefer sun or part-shade and a moderately fertile, humus-rich, well-drained, neutral to acidic soil. Propagate by division, or rooted offsets or from seed in spring and fall (autumn).
  • USDA Zone: 9-10

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Asparagales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Asphodelaceae
  • SubFamily: Hemerocallidoideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mozambique / Zimbabwe / Mauritius / Madagascar / Reunion / Seychelles / China South-Central / Hainan / China Southeast / Japan / Nansei-shoto / Ogasawara-shoto / Taiwan / Assam / Bangladesh / East Himalaya / Nepal / Sri Lanka / Cambodia / Laos / Myanmar / Thailand / Vietnam / Borneo / Jawa / Lesser Sunda Is. / Malaya / Maluku / Philippines / Sulawesi / Sumatera / New Guinea / Solomon Is. /

References (external):

  1. Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, April 14, 2017.
  3. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, April 14, 2017.
  4. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.

data regenerated on Tue, 06 May 2025 11:09:04 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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