| Scientific Name: | Polianthes tuberosa |
| Common Name: | tuberose |
| Family Name: | Asparagaceae |
| Origin: | Mexico |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 8a: (-12 to -9.5 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | |
| Form: | |
| Texture: | |
| Landscape Uses: | |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Grass-like, Alternate, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Yellow, Pink, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves linear, up to 45cm long x 1.4cm wide; florets fragrant with 6 white tepals, usually white (pink or yellow cvs.) in terminal raceme well above leaves (60-120cm tall). | |