Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

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Bulbine semibarbata

Common name

Wild onion, Leek lily, Native leek

Family

Asphodelaceae

Where found

Rocky outcrops and margins of saline lakes. Mainly Western Slopes, and the coast and ranges south of Narooma. Occasionally elsewhere.

Notes

Annual or sometimes biennial herb to 0.5 m tall.  Leaves somewhat fleshy, clustered at the base of the plant, 1.5-27 cm long, to 5 mm in diameter, narrower towards the tips, hairless, flattish in cross section, channeled, or almost cylindrical.  Flowers yellow, with 6 'petals', each 4-7 mm long, in clusters of up to 35 flowers up the stem. Filaments of three of the stamens are much shorter than the filaments of the other three. Flowers Winter to Summer.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Bulbine~semibarbata  (accessed 6 January, 2021)