Alectorurus

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Alectorurus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Alectorurus (Greek, apparently cock's-tail). Liliaceae. An anthericum-like plant, summer-blooming and suitable for outdoor culture; hardy in England. Blooms well in pots. One species, A. yedoensis, Makino, of Japan (known also as Anthericum yedoense, Maxim., and Bulbinella yedoensis, Matsum.), is now intro. to gardens. It is a perennial glabrous herb with a short and thick rootstock: lvs. 6-11, 2-ranked, 20 in. or less long: fls. many, small, pale rose, racemose along panicled branches on a scape or st. surpassing the lvs. ; perianth bell-shaped, segms. 6; stamens 6, in some fls. exserted and in others only equaling the segms.; ovary 3-lobed. In Japan it is known as Keibi-ran. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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