Broadly bell-shaped, drooping, red-violet flowers with greenish-yellow staminodes. Named after the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus).

Group:	Atragene group
Approximate height:	2.0 - 2.5 metres
Raised by:	Magnus Johnson
Country of origin:	Sweden
Date raised:	1979
Parentage:	'Blushing Ballerina' x koreana var fragrans
Other name(s):	None known
Further detail:  Flower diameter: 7-9cm Tepals: 4-4.5cm long, 1.2-2cm wide, lanceolate to almost elliptic, pointed, margin curved upwards Leaves: ternate Database entry: 2357
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	Magnus Johnson