Bulbine louwii
| Bulbine louwii | |
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Rare (SANBI Red List) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asphodelaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asphodeloideae |
| Genus: | Bulbine |
| Species: | B. louwii
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| Binomial name | |
| Bulbine louwii L.I. Hall
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Bulbine louwii is a small, tuberous, perennial plant that grows with individual leaf rosettes and is assigned to the Asphodelaceae. Its initially green, later reddish brown succulent leaves have distinct parallel veins. It has flowers in a lax raceme with six pale yellow tepals and six filaments with many long perpendicular hairs. This species grows on the Knersvlakte, Northern Cape province of South Africa. This species is currently not declining but considered rare.