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Bulbine latifolia
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| Synonyms: |
Anthericum latifolium L.f. Bulbine natalensis Baker |
| Common names: | Broad-leaved bulbine (English) |
| Frequency: | Locally frequent |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial soft-succulent herb, up to 70 cm. Plants mostly solitary not clustered. Leaves in a rosette sheathing at the base, lanceolate, up to 8 cm wide, glabrous with ciliolate hairs along the margins. 1-5 flowering stems with dense many-flowered inflorescences. It is easily distinguished from other species in Zimbabwe by the broad leaves. |
| Notes: | It is easily distinguished from other species in Zimbabwe by the broad leaves. |
| Derivation of specific name: | latifolia: broad-leaved |
| Habitat: | Among rocks in montane grassland, also along streams and river banks. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1900 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | C,E,S |
| Growth form: | P |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Wednesday 31 May 2006 |
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Flora of Mozambique: Bulbine latifoliaBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Bulbine latifolia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Bulbine latifolia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Bulbine latifolia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Bulbine latifolia
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Bulbine latifolia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Bulbine latifolia
JSTOR Plant Science: Bulbine latifolia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Bulbine latifolia
Kew Monocotyledon checklist: Bulbine latifolia
Tropicos: Bulbine latifolia
West African Plants database: Bulbine latifolia
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