Bulbine alooides

Bulbine alooides ("Rooistorm") is a species of geophytic plant in the genus Bulbine. It is endemic to South Africa, where it grows in the Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, and Northern Provinces.^[1] It is widespread in rocky areas in the southern Cape Region.^[2]

Bulbine alooides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asphodelaceae
Subfamily:	Asphodeloideae
Genus:	Bulbine
Species:	B. alooides
Binomial name
Bulbine alooides (L.) Willd.
Synonyms[1]
Anthericum aloifolium Salisb. (1796), nom. superfl. Anthericum alooides L. (1753) Bulbine acaulis L. (1762) Bulbine macrophylla Salm-Dyck (1834) Phalangium alooides (L.) Kuntze (1891)

Description

Detail of flowers

The leaves of this geophyte are basal. They are long, slender, lanceolate and channeled. The leaf margins are often hairy.

The vertical inflorescence has many flowers. Each flower is star-like, with six yellow petals that each have a longitudinal stripe down their middle. Like all Bulbine species, the stamens are distinctively tufted ("bearded").