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Asparagaceae
Pineapple Lily
Eucomis comosa
uniqueness and exotic beauty.
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Eucomis
- Native to
- South Africa
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Type
- bulbous perennial
- Height
- 30-60 cm
- Sunlight
- full sun to partial shade
- Soil
- rich, well-drained
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 7-10
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- The flower spike is topped with a rosette of leafy bracts that makes it look remarkably like a pineapple.
- Its genus name Eucomis comes from the Greek for beautiful hair, referring to the tuft of bracts atop the flower.
- The flowers produce a somewhat unpleasant smell to attract fly pollinators rather than bees.
- In traditional South African medicine, the bulbs are used to treat a variety of ailments including fever and colic.
- Pineapple lilies are surprisingly cold-hardy for a South African bulb and can survive in USDA zone 7 with mulching.
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