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{{SPlantbox
|familia=Alliaceae
|genus=Agapanthus
|species=praecox
|common_name=Common Agapanthus, Blue Lily, African Lily, or Lily of the Nile
|habit=herbaceous
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Max ht box=40
|Max ht metric=in
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Min wd box=40
|Min wd metric=in
|Max wd box=50
|Max wd metric=in
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|lifespan=perennial
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|water=moist, moderate, dry
|features=evergreen, flowers, naturalizes, foliage
|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|flowers=blue, purple
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=9
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=11
|sunset_zones=not available
|image=Agapanthuspraecox.jpg
|image_width=240
}}
'''''Agapanthus praecox''''' ('''Common Agapanthus'''<ref name=plantzafrica/>, '''Blue Lily'''<ref name=plantzafrica/>, '''African Lily'''<ref name=GRIN>{{cite web | url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?410534 | title= Taxon: ''Agapanthus praecox'' Willd.| accessdate=2008-07-20 | work=Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)|publisher=United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area}}</ref>,  or '''Lily of the Nile'''<ref name=weedsbluemountains/>) is a plant species in the family [[Alliaceae]] and a native of the [[Cape of Good Hope]] in [[South Africa]]. Local names for this species include ''agapant'', ''bloulelie'', ''isicakathi'' and ''ubani''.<ref name=plantzafrica>{{cite web|url=http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantab/agapanpraecox.htm''|title=Agapanthus praecox''  Willd.|work=PlantZAfrica.com|publisher=South African National Biodiversity Institute|accessdate=2008-07-20}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Most of the cultivated plants of the genus ''[[Agapanthus]]'' are hybrids or cultivars of this species.<ref name=plantzafrica/>

:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Agapanthus|genus page]].''