Albuca canadensis (L.) F.M.Leight.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Albuca

Characteristics

A bulb that that keeps growing from year to year. It grows 50-120 cm high and spreads 10 cm wide. It has 5-6 fleshy, sword shaped leaves. They are 45-90 cm long. There are 40-50 flowers in a group. The flowers are bell shaped and white. They hang down and outwards. The flowers are 1.5-2.5 cm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.15
Mature height (meter) 0.45 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Deep sandy soils on flats and lower slopes, usually near the sea.
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It is a subtropical plant. It grows in clay soils.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 2-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-9

Usage

The stalks are chewed to quench thirst. The bulb is edible.
Uses medicinal
Edible flowers roots stems
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -12
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Albuca canadensis world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:527334-1
WFO ID wfo-0000755112
COL ID BGHC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Albuca alba Albuca canadensis Albuca coarctata Albuca cornuta Albuca lutea Albuca major Albuca maxima Ornithogalum maximum Albuca elata Albuca minor Albuca sordida Albuca altissima Ornithogalum canadense