Tropicals > Calibanus > Calibanus hookeri > Calibanus hookeri
Calibanus hookeri
Mexican Boulder
Origin: Mexico (Hidalgo, Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosi).
Mike's
Opinion
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This plant is named after Shakespeare's monster Caliban.
Michael Pascoe, NDP., ODH., CLT., MSc. (Plant Conservation)
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| Family |
| Asparagaceae |
| Genus |
| Calibanus |
| Species |
| hookeri |
| Category |
| Tropicals |
| Synonyms |
| Calibanus caespitosus |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| Cool season protection under glass. |
| Height |
| 0.5 - 0.7 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| General Description |
| A medium-sized shrub. |
| Landscape |
| As a potted indoor plant, as an accent plant or as ground cover in arid gardens. |
| Shape |
| Solitary rounded. |
| Growth |
| Medium |
| ID Characteristic |
| Very long, grassy hairline leaves. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Woody caudex. |
| Leaf Description |
| Thin, grassy leaves that grow in groups of 5 - 12 or more. |
| Flower Description |
| Panicles of very tiny flowers about 10 - 20 cm long. |
| Colour Description |
| Pale grassy green leaves that occasionally have brown spots as they age. Leaves grow from a woody brown caudex. The flowers are light purplish-pink. |
| Texture Description |
| Raspy leaves, medium texture. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. |
| Propagation |
| By seed. |
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