Bulbinella barkerae is a species of plants in the family Asphodelaceae. It is found in the Cape Province of South Africa.

Description

B. barkerae reaches up to 0.6 meters in height. It has ciliate leaf-margins, and relatively few, broad leaves.

Bulbinella barkerae

The cream-white flowers are distinctively fragrant (unlike those of the similar Bulbinella cauda-felis). They appear in September and October, on a thin, cylindrical, apically pointed raceme.

Bulbinella barkerae

Distribution and habitat

It is endemic to the southern parts of the Western Cape Province, South Africa. It naturally occurs in the regions of Caledon, Bredasdorp, Potberg, Swellendam and Riversdale.

Bulbinella barkerae

Its preferred habitat is flat or gently sloping terrain, often of rocky shale or clay, in renosterveld vegetation.

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Asphodeloideae

Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces

barkerae

Renosterveld