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Agapanthus (Agapanthus praecox)

Invasive Assessment | Impact Assessment

Scientific name: Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis F. M. Leight.

Common name:

Agapanthus

Habitat:

Native to Cape Province & Natal, South Africa (Pooley 1998), occurring in grassland, on hillsides and rocky outcrops (Batten & Bokelmann 1966, Pooley 1998) along riverbanks & lake edges (Shepherd 2004), in areas where the rainfall is more than 500 mm per annum, from sea level to 2,000 m (Notten 2004). Invades dry coastal vegetation, heathland & heathy woodland, lowland grassland & grassy woodland, dry sclerophyll forest & woodland, damp sclerophyll forest, riparian vegetation & rock outcrop vegetation (Carr
et al 1992), foreshores (GCB 2003), roadsides (Walsh & Entwisle 1994), drains, low scrub, coastal cliffs, sand dunes, pasture & rocky inland cliffs (ENVBOP 2008, ARC 2004).

Agapanthus flowerhead
Agapanthus flowerhead
Photo: Mark Imhof
Agapanthus plants
Agapanthus plants
Photo: Mark Imhof
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