Bulbine flexuosa Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asphodelaceae > Bulbine

Characteristics

Geophyte, 100-200 mm tall, tuber solitary or forming clumps. Leaves 1-3, often absent or emerging at flowering, filiform, basal sheaths loose, pale and papery. Flowers in 1 or 2 wiry-based, flexuose racemes, yellow, scape and pedicels persisting and remaining green long after fruiting. Capsules obovoid, ± 5 mm long.
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Geophyte with wiry peduncle, 10-20 cm, rootstock a tuber. Leaf often dry at flowering, solitary, filiform. Flowers in a lax, flexuose raceme, yellow, pedicels elongating in fruit and persistent. Capsules obovoid, erect.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 6-8
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Distribution

Bulbine flexuosa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:532165-1
WFO ID wfo-0000762335
COL ID NPZ9
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Synonyms

Bulbine flexuosa