Photos: County Cork |
Easter Lily / Altar-lily Large flowers with a pure white spathe and bright yellow spadix. Broad dark green, arrow-shaped leaves, can form large clumps. Seeds rarely produced, spreads vegetatively by means of tuberous rhizines. Poisonous, contains calcium oxalate. Frequently grown in gardens in damp ground. Occasionally recorded as a garden escape or relic of cultivation, mainly from the west of Ireland. |
Easter Lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica