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Botanical details
- Family
- Melanthiaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Genus
Ypsilandra
- Genus description
Ypsilandra are perennials growing from thick rhizomes. Evergreen leaves are long and thin and grow in a rosette at the base of the plant. Fragrant, tube-shaped nodding flowers appear on a long stem and can be pink, purple, white or yellow.
- Name status
Correct
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