Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-  Plate No. 501

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-COMMON_NAMES- Waved-leaved Aletris
-GENUS- Aletris
-SPECIES- Aletris capensis
-CLASS- Hexandria
-ORDER- Monogynia
-AUTHORITY- Linnaeus

-MODERN_GENUS- 
-MODERN_SPECIES- 
-MODERN_FAMILY- Liliaceae

-PLANT_TYPE- perennial
-COLOR- pink with greenish white
-SEASON- November to April, protect in the winter
-NATIVE_REGION- Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) 

-SOURCE- The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME- 14
-PUB_DATE- 1800
-REISSUED-  
-EDITOR- William Curtis
-ARTIST- S. Edwards, Sansum
-NALPCD- Disc 0414 IMG0117.PCD