Bulbinella Angustifolia

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in biology, Bulbinella Angustifolia (Latin:Bulbinella angustifolia (Cockayne & Laing) L.B.Moore) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asphodelaceae. a New Zealand species with even narrower leaves that the more widely grown Bulbinella hookeri. It likes similar damp conditions. It has dark green leaves, brown on the edges, and spikes packed with masses of starry, six-petalled, bright yellow flowers.

Scientific classification

Alias:: Bulbinella Angustifolia

Latin:: Bulbinella Angustifolia (cockayne & Laing) L.b.moore

Domain:: Eukaryota

Kingdom:: Kingdom Plantae

Subkingdom:: Viridiplantae

Phylum:: Angiosperms

Class:: Monocotyledons

Order:: Asparagales

Family:: Asparagaceae

Subfamily:: Asphodeloideae

Genus:: Bulbinella

Species:: Bulbinella Angustifolia

Clade:: Spermatophytes

Mode Of Reproduction:: Seeds

Mode Of Reproduction:: Division Propagation

Description

Plant to 100 cm. tall but us. much less. Lvs rarely > 1.5 cm. wide, narrowing to subacute tip, mostly erect. Peduncle long, infructescence us. overtopping lvs. Raceme to 20 × 2.5 cm., many-fld; bracts broad, rather abruptly acuminate, at no stage completely hiding fl.-buds; pedicels short, us. c. 1.5 cm., not swollen below fl., suberect. Fls bisexual; per. to c. 10 mm. diam., shrivelled and pendent from base of ripening capsule. Ovary and capsule sessile. Capsule 5–7 × 4 mm., long-oval. Seeds c. 4–4.5 mm. long, dark brown, narrowly winged. 2n = 14.

Distribution

New Zealand South