Tuberose (scientific name: Polianthes tuberosa L.) is a perennial herb of the Amaryllidaceae family, up to 1 meter high. Stems erect, unbranched. The basal leaves are clustered, linear, with a pointed apex, dark green, and the leaves on the flower stem are scattered, gradually becoming smaller and bract-shaped.
Spikes are terminal, often flowers in each bract, and the bracts are green; the flowers are milky white, fragrant, the perianth lobes are similar to each other, oblong-lanceolate, the ovary is inferior, the style is slender, the capsule is ovoid, and the seeds are numerous, Slightly flat. It blooms from July to September.
Native to Mexico. It is very easy to plant and control the flowering period of tuberose, so it is also one of the very important cut flowers, and it is the most commonly used and important flower arrangement in many bouquets and flower arrangements.