Lachenalia ensifolia is a species of flowering plant in the genus Lachenalia, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.[2] Its nominate subspecies Lachenalia ensifolia subsp. ensifolia has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]

Lachenalia ensifolia
Here given as Lachenalia maughanii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Scilloideae
Genus:	Lachenalia
Species:	L. ensifolia
Binomial name
Lachenalia ensifolia (Thunb.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt[1]
Synonyms[2]
List Agapanthus ensifolius (Thunb.) Willd. Mauhlia ensifolia Thunb. Massonia ensifolia (Thunb.) Ker Gawl. Polyxena ensifolia (Thunb.) Schönland

Subspecies

The following subspecies are currently accepted:[2]

• Lachenalia ensifolia subsp. ensifolia
• Lachenalia ensifolia subsp. maughanii (W.F.Barker) G.D.Duncan

References