Accession Data

Dianella ensifolia

Common Name: Cerulean Flaxlily

Family: Asphodelaceae

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.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 9-10

Accession #: 199500156

Accession Date: 1995-07-20 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1118

Quantity: 1

Source: RHS 1995

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).

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: monocots

Order: Asparagales

Family: Asphodelaceae

SubFamily: Hemerocallidoideae

Flowering Data:

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References

  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.

Images

Dianella ensifolia