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Heads of white feathery flowers in spring are shaded with a tinge of lilac. The rosettes of leaves resemble Heloniopsis, and it grows in
the same shady moist situations. Plants of the World online says: "This name is a synonym of Helonias thibetica" In the report of the AGS Loughborough Show in 2006, Chris Brickell writes: "A woodland plant that has appeared on the benches during the last few years, Ypsilandra thibetica is related to the better known genus, Helionopsis and is placed with it in the family Melianthaceae. While hardy in moist, humus-rich woodland soil it also grows well as a pot plant, forming evergreen rosettes of neat, fresh apple-green foliage, bronze-red in winter. From early to late spring intriguing tuffets of white, sometimes lavender-based, almost spider-like, blue-anthered flowers are produced, emitting a scent of honey, with a suggestion of almonds." Edulis says: "Little known evergreen perennial from the Himalayas, with rosettes of strap-like glossy green leaves with panicles of vanilla heavily scented white flowers in February-March. Flowers turn pale lilac with age. Shade. Ht 35cm. China, Bhutan, India." |
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