Flora of Victoria

Rhizome stout, branching, forming leafy clumps to c. 1.5 m diam. or more. Scapes stout, hollow, erect, 40–120 cm high. Leaves flat with sheathing base, 40–80 cm long, 30–50 mm wide. Umbel many-flowered, 10–20cm diam.; pedicels 5–8 cm long; flowers funnel-shaped, c. 4 cm long, blue or white; segments fused basally for c. 10–15 mm; stamens usually longer than the segments, fused for 20–30 mm basally. Capsule fusiform, c. 25–35 mm long. Seeds numerous. Flowers Nov.–Feb.

*CVU, *EGL, *GipP, *Glep, *Gold, *HNF, *HSF, *NIS, *OtP, *OtR, *Strz, *VRiv, *VVP, *WaP. Also naturalised WA, Tas. Widely grown as an ornamental, persisting in abandoned settlements and along some roadsides, established (often initially as a result of dumping of garden refuse) in various localities (e.g. Winchelsea area, Tallangatta, Sorrento) and subsequently spreading by seed.

Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis, commonly referred to in literature as A. orientalis, is the more commonly cultivated subspecies in Australian gardens and all naturalized collections are referable to this taxon. The nominate subspecies is occasionally cultivated, however, and is distinguished from subsp. orientalis chiefly by the longer perianth (5–7 cm).

Source: Conran, J.G. (1994). Liliaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 2021-01-12

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Lilianae

order Asparagales

family Amaryllidaceae

genus Agapanthus

species Agapanthus praecox Willd.

Higher taxa

subspecies Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis (F.M.Leight.) F.M.Leight.

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Glenelg Plain	present	naturalised
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	naturalised
Victorian Riverina	present	naturalised
Gippsland Plain	present	naturalised
Otway Plain	present	naturalised
Warrnambool Plain	present	naturalised
Goldfields	present	naturalised
Central Victorian Uplands	present	naturalised
Northern Inland Slopes	present	introduced
East Gippsland Lowlands	present	naturalised
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	naturalised
Highlands-Northern Fall	present	naturalised
Otway Ranges	present	naturalised
Strzelecki Ranges	present	naturalised

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Western Australia
South Australia
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria
Tasmania