Bulbine frutescens (L.) Willd. is a plant in the Asphodelaceae family, order Asparagales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Bulbine frutescens (L.) Willd. (Bulbine frutescens (L.) Willd.)
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Bulbine frutescens (L.) Willd.

Bulbine frutescens (L.) Willd.

Bulbine frutescens is a variable small succulent shrub that blooms orange, yellow or white bearded-stamen flowers in summer.

Family
Genus
Bulbine
Order
Asparagales
Class
Liliopsida

About Bulbine frutescens (L.) Willd.

Bulbine frutescens (L.) Willd. is a variable species that grows as a small shrub. It has short, low stems that develop roots extending down toward the ground, along with slender, erect, succulent grey-green leaves. Flowers bloom throughout the summer, growing on an erect inflorescence that reaches 30 cm tall. Flowers of this species may be orange, yellow, or white. As with all species in the Bulbine genus, Bulbine frutescens has distinctively tufted, or "bearded", stamens.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Asparagales Asphodelaceae Bulbine

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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