Bulbinella latifolia Kunth

Plants up to 1 m high. Roots fascicled, numerous, thickened the whole length, up to 250 mm long, 6 mm in diameter, orange with many dead membranous remains interspersed. Fibrous sheathing neck up to 150 mm long, 70 mm wide, fibres fine to medium thick, partially reticulate. Leaves 5-10, bases expanded to form a sheath encircling peduncle and inner leaves; lamina spreading to arched, inner erect, ensiform to subulate, of varying size, largest up to 550 x 65 mm, bright green, fleshy, shallowly canaliculate; margin smooth or minutely denticulate. Raceme dense, conical in bud and flower, up to 250 mm long, 40 mm wide becoming cylindrical in flower and fruit, up to 400 mm long, 30 mm wide, with up to 500 flowers; peduncle up to 700 mm long, 12 mm in diameter at base, erect, terete, green to reddish green with a glaucous bloom; bracts narrowly triangular, up to 12 mm long, 3 mm wide at base, attenuate, membranous with a reddish brown midrib. Flowers stellate, 9-10 mm in diameter; pedicels up to 20 mm long, yellow in flower, green in fruit. Tepals bright or lemon-yellow, cream-coloured or reddish orange. Filaments filiform, apiculate, 2.5-3.0 mm long, yellow. Ovary ovoid, 1.5 mm long, 1 mm wide, yellow; style cylindrical, 2.75 mm long. Capsule ovoid, 7 mm long, 3 mm in diameter, light chestnut-brown. Seeds silvery to shiny black, membranous, wings not obvious, up to 6.5 mm long, 3.75 mm wide.