WorldFloraDB - Agapanthus praecox

Characteristics

Stemless herb to c. 1 m tall; rhizome thick, branched. Leaves linear to narrowly lanceolate, obtuse, 40–80 cm long, 3–5 cm wide, sessile. Umbel dense, with numerous flowers; scape 50–100 cm long; pedicels 5–8 cm long. Perianth blue or white; midvein dark; segments 40–60 mm long, fused for 8–15 mm, 5–8 mm wide. Stamens 40–45 mm long; filaments fused to perianth for 20–30 mm, the free parts curved to abaxial side of style; anthers 3–5 mm long, yellow, becoming dark brownish blue. Ovary glabrous, 5–7 mm long; style 15–25 mm long. Capsule elongate-ovoid, trigonous, 25–33 mm long. Seeds flattened with a membranous wing, 7–8 mm long.

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A bulb plant. It grows 80 cm tall. It grows upright and in clumps. The leaves are narrow and leathery. There are 7-20 on a shoot. The flowers are in a dense group with equal length stalks. The flowers are trumpet shaped and light blue. They are 70 mm long. The fruit is a narrow oval and angled capsule. It has many flat, black winged seeds.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

0.5 - 1.0

Mature height (meter)

0.8 - 0.9

Root system

rhizome

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Stony slopes of rocky grasslands.

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Stony slopes of rocky grasslands.

It is a subtropical plant.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Widely cultivated as an ornamental, often on borders.

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The root or bulb is cooked and eaten.

Uses	environmental use medicinal ornamental
Edible	roots
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.

Mode	divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-7
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
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Vigor	-
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