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Electronic Flora of South Australia species Fact Sheet

Family: Asphodelaceae
Bulbine alata

Citation: Baijnath, Brunonia l:117 (1978).

Synonymy: B. semibarbara (R. Br.) Haw. var. depilata J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 56:39 (1932); Bulbihopsis semibarbara (R. Br.) Borzi var. depilata (J. Black) H. Eichler, Suppl. 83 (1965). , Bulbine semibarbata, Bulbinopsis semibarbata

Common name: Leek lily.

Description:
Base of plant without a tuber; leaves linear, channelled, 5-20 cm long; stems simple, erect or flexuose towards the apex, to 30 cm high.

Raceme to 17 cm long; pedicels erect, lengthening after flowering, each with a scarious broadly ovate bract at the base; perianth-segments 4-6 mm long; filaments all hairy or almost beardless; ovary with 2 ovules in each cell.

Capsule obovoid, 4.5-8 mm long; seeds with a narrow pale membranous wing surrounding the margin of the outer face, 3-5 mm long.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: NW, LE, GT, FR, EA, EP.   ?W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W.

Conservation status: native

Flowering time: Aug. — Oct.


SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: The synonyms cited are not mentioned by Baijnath but there is little doubt that they do, at least in part, belong here.

Author: Not yet available


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