Bulbine cepacea

Bulbine cepacea is a flowering plant in the genus Bulbine, endemic to the Western Cape province, South Africa.

Bulbine cepacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asphodelaceae
Subfamily:	Asphodeloideae
Genus:	Bulbine
Species:	B. cepacea
Binomial name
Bulbine cepacea (Burm.f.) Wijnands
Synonyms[1]
Anthericum pugioniforme Jacq. Bulbine bisulcata Haw. Bulbine cataphyllata Poelln. Bulbine inexpectata Poelln. Bulbine parviflora Baker Bulbine pugioniformis (Jacq.) Link Bulbine tuberosa (Mill.) Oberm. Ornithogalum cepaceum Burm.f. Ornithogalum tuberosum Mill. Phalangium bisulcatum (Haw.) Kuntze Phalangium pugioniforme (Jacq.) Kuntze

Distribution

Bulbine cepacea occurs in semi-dry Renosterveld vegetation, as far north as Clanwilliam, south to the Cape Peninsula, and as far east as Riversdale.^[2]

Description

This species has a spiral rosette of erect, soft, slender (max.1 cm), succulent, green, linear leaves with acute tips. The leaves are almost rounded (terete) in cross section, having a flat upper surface and a rounder lower surface.

The leaf base is striated, and has a sheath that encloses the stem.^[3]

It has a short stem above its large, flattened, disc-shaped subterranean tuber.

This species flowers in autumn.