Bulbine favosa


Bulbine favosa is a species of tuberous plant in the genus Bulbine. It is native to South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Distribution and habitat

Bulbine favosa is native to South Africa and Zimbabwe, where it grows in montane grasslands between above sea level. It prefers rocky habitats such as crevices or stony soils.

Description

Bulbine favosa is an acaulescent plant arising from a tuberous rhizome with spongy roots. The leaves, nearly cylindrical in shape and measuring long by wide, arise from the rhizome as a basal rosette. Each plant produces one to three peduncles measuring long and around wide, with each peduncle bearing a sparse, long raceme. The transparent white bracts are narrowly egg-shaped with an elongated tip, measuring long and wide. The pedicels are up to long. The flowers are yellow, and the fruit is an egg-shaped capsule measuring long and wide.