Another Tulbaghia: T. violacea from California

[Gurcharan Singh]

Tulbaghia violacea Harv., Bot. Mag. 64: t. 3555 1837.

Common names: Society garlic, Pink Agapanthus

Plant from S. Africa locally used for a number of ailments. Perennial tuberous herb with linear leaves up to 30 cm long, channelled at base; flowers in umbels of up to 20 flowers, bright lilac, about 2 cm long, lobes lanceolate with darker midvein. fruit a capsule.

Commonly grown along roadsides in California.

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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[Dr Pankaj Kumar]

Nice... thanks for sharing.
Pankaj


On Sep 21, 12:21 am, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *Tulbaghia violacea* Harv., Bot. Mag. 64: t. 3555 1837.

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[Balkar Arya]

Interesting!!! New for me 

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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
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[Madhuri Raut]

beautiful Sirji. Esp the 2nd pic looks like a fountain of flowers

Regards

Bhagyashri

[Ushadi micromini]

very common in southwest, street plantings near shopping malls,
office buildings etc....
plant and forget them till its time in the fall to remove the dead
plants....

looks nice all summer...

Thanks for sharing...
usha di
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On Sep 21, 5:58 pm, Madhuri Raut <itii...@gmail.com> wrote:
> beautiful Sirji. Esp the 2nd pic looks like a fountain of flowers
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> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote:
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