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Bulbine frutescens
Also called Snake Flower, Wild Beardstyle, Wild Kopieva
In Singapore: Orange Bulbine, Orange-stalked Bubline (Grown in Singapore)
Bulbine frutescens is a succulent shrub-like perennial from southern Africa, grown for its grey-green leaves and bearded orange, yellow or white summer flowers. It thrives in full sun and well-drained soil and tolerates dry conditions well.
Bulbine frutescens, the wild kopieva or stalked bulbine, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Bulbine, native to southern Africa (South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini).
African Beardstyle · Common Kopieva · Bulbine bruynsii · Golden Lily · Bulbine caput-medusae · Renoster Kopieva · Bulbine crassa · Leafless Beardstyle · Bulbine francescae · Rock Lily · Bulbine lolita · Bulbine louwii
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
