Bulbine bulbosa

Botanical Name: Bulbine bulbosa
Common Name: golden bulbine-lily
Family: Liliaceae

Size: 15-60cm H, 10-30cm W.
Leaves: Tufted at the base, succulent, linear, tapering to a pointed tip, light green, furrowed, up to 30cm long.
Flowers: 6 yellow petals on a spike, up to 50cm tall, gradually opening from the base.
Flowering Time: Spring/summer.
Fruit: A globular capsule containing many black seeds

Habitat/distribution: Tolerates a wide range of conditions from coastal to alpine and rocky outcrops in wet sclerophyll forest. Also SA, Vic, NSW.
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Other notes: The genus name means bulbous and the species name means bulb though this species does not have a true bulb. The plump, round corms were traditionally eaten by Aboriginal people.