General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 12 to 24 inches (30-61cm)
Leaves: Other: Foliage dormant at flowering time.
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Bulb
Toxicity: Other: Noted as toxic at US-FDA Poisonous Plant Database

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Common names
  • Tall White Squil
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Drimia altissima
  • Synonym: Ornithogalum altissimum
  • Synonym: Urginea altissima

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Date: 2012-11-23
Location: Botanical Garden Berlin

Credit Alexey Sergeev

Date: 2003-03-09
Credit Alexey Sergeev
Location: Botanical Garden Berlin
Date: 2017-10-22

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