Asphodelaceae
Snake flower
Bulbine asphodeloides
- Family
- Asphodelaceae
- Genus
- Bulbine
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Common names
By language (3)
- Afrikaans
- Balsamkopieva
- Chinese
- 日光须尾草
- English
- Snake flower
Synonyms
- Anthericum altissimum Mill.
- Anthericum asphodeloides L.
- Anthericum longiscapum Jacq.
- Anthericum succulentum Salisb.
- Bulbine altissima (Mill.) Fourc.
- Bulbine crocea L.Guthrie
- Bulbine crocea Guthrie
- Bulbine dielsii Poelln.
- Bulbine longiscapa (Jacq.) Willd.
- Bulbine mettinghii Ten.
- Bulbine pallida Baker
- Phalangium altissimum (Mill.) Kuntze
- Phalangium asphodelodes (L.) Kuntze
- Phalangium longiscapum (Jacq.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- September to February (from 261 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.