Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Bulbine bulbosa
Common name
Bulbine lily, Native onion, Golden lily, Native leek, Pike
Family
Asphodelaceae
Where found
Damp areas in forest, woodland, and grassy areas. Widespread. Uncommon on the coast and ranges.
Notes
Perennial grass-like herb to 0.75 m tall, the leaves annual, growing each year from an underground bulb. Leaves fleshy, hollow, clustered at the base of the plant, 4.5-48 cm long, 2-8 mm wide, hairless, channelled or almost cylindrical. Flowers often fragrant. Flowers yellow, with 6 'petals', each 9-22 mm long, in an interrupted cluster of up to 50 flowers up the stem. It has straight anthers that point upwards, partially obscured by the filament hairs. Filaments of all six stamens are the same length, 8-9 mm long. Flowers Spring to Autumn.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl= sp&name=Bulbine~bulbosa (accessed 6 January, 2021)
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