Tulbaghia

Plant Characteristics
Habit		bulbous
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial

Cultivation

Scientific Names
Alliaceae >	Tulbaghia >

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Tulbaghia is a monocotyledonous genus of herbaceous perennial bulbs originating in Africa belonging to the Alliaceae family.

Read about Tulbaghia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Tulbaghia (Tulbagh, a Dutch governor at the Cape of Good Hope, died 1771). Liliaceae. Perennial herbs with a short thick woody sometimes corm-like rhizome, usually grown in the greenhouse: lvs. radical, ligulate: scape simple, leafless: fls. in a terminal umbel, numerous, pedicellate; perianth urn-shaped or almost salver-shaped; lobes 6, subequal, spreading; crown rather fleshy at the throat, shorter than the lobes; stamens 6; ovary sessile, ovoid or subglobose, 3-celled: caps. ovoid or oblong, loculicidally dehiscent.—About 20 species, Trop. and S. Afr. Greenhouse subjects, little cult.; prop. by seeds and offsets. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.