Bulbine bulbosa Haw.

Perennial herb; bulb-shaped tuber usually present. Roots thickened. Leaves usually 3-10, linear, channelled, 1.5-8 mm wide, green, rarely glaucous, often slightly scabrid. Scapes usually 1 or 2, terete, erect. Perianth segments 9-22 mm long. Stamens ±equal, closely bunched or spreading; all filaments with clavate or acute hairs at apex, partly concealing anther; anthers yellow, ±basifixed, all or some remaining erect after dehiscence and sometimes twisting about vertical axis. Ovules 3-8 per locule; style decumbent, 2.5-9 mm long; stigma entire. Capsule globose to obovate, 4-7 mm long; pedicel 10-28 mm long, not drooping at end. Seeds smooth, slightly tuberculate or slightly ridged.

It grows in temperate places but can also grow in warmer places. It grows in rocky places. It needs well drained soil. It can grow in full sunlight or in part shade. It can stand heavy frosts.

The corm or bulb is cooked and eaten. It is roasted.

It can be grown from seed. They can also be grown by division of the clump.