10 BULBINE FAVOSA SEEDS - INDIGENOUS SOUTH AFRICAN ENDEMIC IN SOUTH AFRICA

Bulbine favosa Seeds The genus Bulbine is placed in the Asphodelaceae family and comprises more or less 73 species occurring in Africa and Australia. In southern Africa you will find 67 species, of which 62 are indigenous to South Africa, whereas only six species are found in Australia. Of the southern African species only five extend into tropical Africa. The genus is consequently considered to be a southern African entity. The genus is characterized by water-wise succulent plants with lax or compound racemes (flowers borne on stalks along an unbranched axis, lower ones opening first) of mostly yellow (very rarely white, orange or pink) flowers with bearded stamens. It is closely related to Bulbinella but has flowers that are "bearded" with hairy stamens. Many Bulbine species have medicinal uses too. Bulbine favosa is a South African endemic species from the Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West and Western Cape Provinces. It is synonymously known as Anthericum favosum, Bulbine concinna, Bulbine dubia, Bulbine filifolia, Bulbine mayori, Bulbine rigidula, Bulbine setifera and Bulbine trichophylla. It grows from 15 cm to 20 cm tall with slender leaves. During autumn it bears yellow flowers. You're buying a pack of 10 Seeds We will supply you with all the germination instructions.