
Iridaceae FAMILY
Lapeirousia coerulea
Lapeirousia coerulea
Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitCorm
Growth—
Not known
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Lapeirousia+coerulea>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 77 — Missouri Botanical Garden Press; Missouri. · 1990 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org · ISBN 0026-6493 ↩︎A botanical journal containing various articles, including a monograph of the tropical African species of Lapeirousia. It can be downloaded from the internet.
- [2]Gemsbok Bean and Kalahari Truffle — Leffers A. · Gamsberg MacMillan; Namibia. · 2003 · ISBN 99916-0-491-X ↩︎Details of the traditional uses of over 200 species of plants in northeastern Namibia. Written for the non-expert, there is usually at least one photograph with each plant entry.
- [3]African Flowering Plants Database — Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. · http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php ↩︎Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.