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Bulbine lagopus (Thunb.) N.E.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asphodelaceae > Bulbine

Characteristics

Succulent, acaulescent, perennial herb; rosettes erect to decumbent, dividing, with vertically elongated, rhizomatous base. Leaves bluish green, yellowish towards base, semi-terete, up to 0.49 m long, erect to spreading or curved downwards, in basal rosette. Inflorescence erect to curved, up to 0.7 m high, with basally lax raceme; bracts lanceolate, base auriculate, apex long aristate, margins lacerate; pedicels reflexed to revolute when barren. Flowers yellow. Flowering time Aug.-Nov.
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Succulent, perennial herb; acaulescent, base rhizomatous, vertically elongated. Leaves in a basal rosette; blade semiterete, up to 490 mm long, bluish green. Flowers: inflorescences many, erect to slightly curved, raceme basally lax; bracts narrowly ovate, apex piliferous, base auriculate, margins deeply lobed; pedicels reflexed to revolute when barren; perianth yellow; Aug.-Nov. Fruit with capsule not inflated.
Geophyte to 40 cm, forming tufts, roots wiry. Leaves linear. Flowers in a dense, elongate raceme, yellow. Capsules subglobose, erect.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 0.7
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 7-8
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Usage

Uses medicinal
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Images

Bulbine lagopus unspecified picture

Distribution

Bulbine lagopus world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:532182-1
WFO ID wfo-0000762358
COL ID NPZV
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Synonyms

Anthericum lagopus Bulbine graminea Bulbine lagopus Bulbine caespitosa
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