Amaryllidaceae
Lily of the Nile
Agapanthus africanus
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Agapanthus
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Common names
By language (19)
- Afrikaans
- Kleinbloulelie
- Belarusian
- Агапантус афрыканскі
- Chinese
- 南非百子莲, 百子蓮, 百子莲, 非洲文殊兰
- Croatian
- Afrički ljiljan
- Czech
- Kalokvět africký
- English
- Lily of the Nile, African lily
- Finnish
- Afrikansinisarja
- French
- Agapanthe d'Afrique
- German
- Afrikanische Schmucklilie
- hsb
- Afriska pyšnica
- Japanese
- ムラサキクンシラン, 紫君子蘭
- Malayalam
- നൈലിന്റെ ലില്ലി
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Skjermagapant
- Persian
- گل نرگس آفریقایی
- Polish
- Agapant afrykański, Baldasznik afrykański, Lilia afrykańska
- Serbian
- Афрички љиљан
- Slovenian
- Afriška modra lilija
- Spanish
- Lirio africano
- Telugu
- అగాపాంతస్ ఆఫ్రికానస్
Synonyms
- Abumon africanum (L.) Britton
- Agapanthus minor G.Lodd.
- Agapanthus tuberosus L. ex Redouté
- Agapanthus umbellatus L'Hér.
- Crinum africanum L.
- Crinum floridum Salisb.
- Mauhlia africana (L.) Dahl
- Mauhlia linearis Thunb.
- Mauhlia umbellata (L'Hér.) Thunb. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
- Tulbaghia africana (L.) Kuntze
- Tulbaghia africana var. heisteri (Fabr.) Kuntze
- Tulbaghia heisteri Fabr.
- Tulbaghia minor (G.Lodd.) Kuntze
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nick Helme, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Ron Clausen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.