Agapanthus Inapertus - Drooping Agapanthus - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Basil chinensis prefers slopes and likes

chinensis prefers slopes and likes also to grow in ravines

many have been harvested through human history

5m with a simple/branched stem and rosettes of spotted leaves and orange to red flowers in Winter

flat crown

succulent plants variously have other water-saving features

Agapanthus Inapertus - Drooping Agapanthus - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Basil chinensis prefers slopes and likesAgapanthus is the only genus in the subfamily Agapanthoideae of the flowering plant family Amaryllidaceae. The family is in the monocot order Asparagales. Agapanthus is commonly known as "Lily of the Nile", but it is not a lily and all of the species are native to South Africa from the cape to the Limpopo River. This subspecies occurs in Eastern Cape and southern KwaZulu Natal. Although it is about the same height as subsp. praecox, it has up to 20