Asparagaceae
Soldier-in-the-box
Albuca setosa
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Albuca
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Common names
By language (3)
- Afrikaans
- Diktamarak, Slymstok, Slymuintjie, Snotblom
- English
- Soldier-in-the-box
- Finnish
- Alpukka
Synonyms
- Albuca affinis J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans
- Albuca pachychlamys Baker
- Albuca patersoniae Schönland
- Branciona setosa (Jacq.) Salisb.
- Ornithogalum setosum (Jacq.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
Flowers
- In flower
- August to October (from 97 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Antoinette Eyssell Knox, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Peter Warren, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: kevin koen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hildegard Klein, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.