| Bulbine favosa | |
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| Bulbine favosa photographed in the Western Cape Province, South Africa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asphodelaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asphodeloideae |
| Genus: | Bulbine |
| Species: | B. favosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Bulbine favosa | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
Bulbine favosa is a species of tuberous plant in the genus Bulbine . It is native to South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Bulbine favosa is native to South Africa (including the Eastern Cape Province, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, the North-West Province, and the Western Cape Province) and Zimbabwe, where it grows in montane grasslands between 30–2,000 m (98–6,562 ft) above sea level. [1] [3] It prefers rocky habitats such as crevices or stony soils. [1]
Bulbine favosa is an acaulescent plant arising from a tuberous rhizome with spongy roots. The leaves, nearly cylindrical in shape and measuring 9–30 cm (3.5–11.8 in) long by 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) wide, arise from the rhizome as a basal rosette. Each plant produces one to three peduncles measuring 5–34 cm (2.0–13.4 in) long and around 2.5 mm (0.098 in) wide, with each peduncle bearing a sparse, 3–18 cm (1.2–7.1 in) long raceme. The transparent white bracts are narrowly egg-shaped with an elongated tip, measuring 3.5 mm (0.14 in) long and 2 mm (0.079 in) wide. The pedicels are up to 13 mm (0.51 in) long. The flowers are yellow, and the fruit is an egg-shaped capsule measuring 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long and 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) wide. [3]
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