''Albuca longipes'' is a
species of small, perennial,
bulb
In botany, a bulb is structurally a short stem with fleshy leaves or leaf basesBell, A.D. 1997. ''Plant form: an illustrated guide to flowering plant morphology''. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K. that function as food storage organs duri ...
ous plant in the
asparagus family that is widespread across the western portion of southern Africa.
It occurs throughout the winter-rainfall regime, from southern Namibia in the north, southwards as far as
Cape Town, and eastwards as far as Willowmore.
Description
The leaves are erect and deeply channeled. They often desiccate in the dry Spring and Summer when the flowers appear.
It has white flowers with thick darker central lines. Like ''
Albuca setosa'', its flowers are held erect (not drooping). It flowers in late Spring.
References
longipes
Taxa named by John Gilbert Baker
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