Asparagaceae
Climbing onion
Bowiea volubilis
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Bowiea
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Common names
By language (8)
- Chinese
- 大苍角殿, 苍角殿
- Dutch
- Vitrageplant
- English
- Climbing onion
- Finnish
- Mukelo
- German
- Kletterkartoffel, Kletterzwiebel, Zulukartoffel
- Japanese
- タマツルクサ, オゴカズラ, ソウカクデン, タマツルグサ, タマツルソウ, 蒼角殿
- Portuguese
- Bowiea
- Spanish
- Ophiobostryx, Schizobasopsis
Synonyms
- Bowiea kilimandscharica Mildbr.
- Bowiea volubilis subsp. volubilis
- Ophiobostryx volubilis (Harv. ex Hook.f.) Skeels
- Schizobasopsis kilimandscharica (Mildbr.) Barschus
- Schizobasopsis volubilis (Harv. ex Hook.f.) J.F.Macbr.
Flowers
- In flower
- January to March (from 43 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Z Suth, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: James Deacon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Peter Warren, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kweniston, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kate Webster00, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kate Webster00, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Suvarna Parbhoo Mohan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Peter Warren, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nick Helme, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.