WorldFloraDB - Androstephium caeruleum

Characteristics

An onion family plant. It is a small plant. It keeps growing from year to year. The plant grows about 25 cm tall. The leaves are smooth and grey-green. They are 25-44 cm long. The flowers are blue or white. They have 6 tepals. These are partly joined to form a tube. The flowers have a pleasant spicy fragrance.

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Leaves 10–30(–35) × 0.15–0.3 cm. Scape 1–2(–3.5) dm, entirely glabrous. Inflorescences 2–6(–9)-flowered. Flowers: perianth light blue to violet-purple, 1.5–2.5(–3) cm, lobes shorter than to ca. as long as tube; anthers 2–4 mm; pedicel 1–2(–2.5) cm. Capsules 1–1.5 cm. Seeds 7–9 mm.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

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Spread

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Mature width (meter)

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Mature height (meter)

0.15 - 0.2

Root system

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Rooting depth (meter)

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Root diameter (meter)

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Flower color

Blooming months

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

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

It is a temperate plant.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	-
Edible	bulbs roots
Therapeutic use	-
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Cultivation

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Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:13188-2
WFO ID	wfo-0000760059
COL ID	DVMG
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)	Link

Synonyms

Androstephium violaceum Milla caerulea Brodiaea coerulea Androstephium coeruleum f. leucanthum Androstephium caeruleum

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Androstephium caeruleum (Scheele) Greene