Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Bulbine, Orange African Bulbine, Snake Flower, Stalked Bulbine
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Evergreen .
Flowers: Flowers attract butterflies. • Bloom Period: April, May. • Flower Color: goldyellow-orange, orange
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 18-24" tall.
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 6-9" apart.
Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 9.0
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Liliidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Lilianae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Asparagales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Suborder:
Asphodelineae
()
- Family:
Asphodelaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789
- Subfamily:
Violoideae
()
- Subfamily:
Violoideae
(
- Family:
Asphodelaceae
(
- Suborder:
Asphodelineae
(
- Order:
Asparagales
(
- Superorder:
Lilianae
(
- Subclass:
Liliidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : Willd. Publication : Enum. Pl. [Willdenow] 1: 372 1809 [Apr 1809]
Similar Species
Members of the genus Bulbine
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
B. alooides (Bulbine) · B. bulbosa (Bulbine Lily) · B. frutescens (Bulbine) · B. frutescens 'Hallmark' (Bulbine) · B. haworthioides (Bulbine) · B. lagopus (Bulbine) · B. latifolia (Rooiwortel) · B. semibarbata (Leek Lily)
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Further Reading
- A dictionary of modern gardening / by George William Johnson. .. with one hundred and eighty wood cuts. Edited, with numerous additions, by David Landreth. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1847. url p. 105.
- Annual report of the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture of the State of Michigan. .. Lansing: The Board, 1862- url p. 56.
- Pollen / by M. Pakenham Edgeworth. London: Hardwicke & Bogue, 1877. url p. 13, p. 13.
- The illustrated dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists. Ed. by George Nicholson. Assisted by Professor J. W. H. Trail and J. Garrett. London: L. U. Gill, [1884]-89. url p. 222.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1859769
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-301310
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:532170-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 8117
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 532169-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 606532
