Altar-lily - Zantedeschia aethiopica
Robust ornamental plants up to 45 cm tall, grown for their large white, recurved spathe and broadly lanceolate leaves. These can be grown from dry tubers but require moisture.
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Usually occurs as a casual from discarded plants.
Flowers March and April.
Occasionally occurs as a discarded casual in Britain. Records seem to come mainly from the south of Britain and some coastal locations.
Rarely recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Grace Road balancing pond
17 June 2021
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Grace Road balancing pond
14 August 2020
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Species profile
- Common names
- Altar-lily
- Species group:
- Wildflowers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Alismatales
- Family:
- Araceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 14/08/2020 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 24/06/2021 (Mabbett, Craig)
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Graham Calow
Sapcote, Grace Road balancing pond
14 August 2020
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Grace Road balancing pond
17 June 2021
Craig Mabbett
Dunton Gorse
24 June 2021
Craig Mabbett
Dunton Gorse
24 June 2021
Craig Mabbett
Dunton Gorse
24 June 2021
