Accession Data

Albuca bracteata

Common Name: Pregnant Onion

Family: Asparagaceae

Synonym(s): Ornithogalum longibracteatum Jacq.

Country of Origin: E. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal

Description: To 2 feet; leaves strap-shaped-lanceolate, to 2 feet long and 1 inch wide; flowers greenish-white, to 5/16 inches long, in dense, many-flowered racemes, perianth segments keeled, with broad, green midvein.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 9a-10b

Accession #: 199500158

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

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1107

Quantity: 2

Source: RHS 1995

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: monocots

Order: Asparagales

Family: Asparagaceae

SubFamily: Scilloideae

Tribe: Ornithogaleae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorum, 1976
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed Wednesday, 26 December, 2018.
  3. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 19 May 2015.
  4. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.

Images

Albuca bracteata