Irish wildflowers
Photographs: Co. Cork |
Easter Lily / Altar-lily Zantedeschia aethiopica Family: Araceae Flowering spring - autumn. Rhizomatous perennial. Garden escape. Large flowers with a pure white spathe and bright yellow spadix but seeds are rarely produced. The broad leaves are dark green and arrow-shaped and it can form large clumps spreading vegetatively by means of tuberous rhizines. Poisonous, containing calcium oxalate. Frequently grown in gardens in damp ground and occasionally recorded as a garden escape or relic of cultivation. |
Easter Lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica
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