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Bulbine mesembryanthoides Haw.
Philos. Mag. J. 65: 31 1825
Family: ASPHODELACEAE

Bulbine mesembryanthoides Photo by: © Plantemania
The leaves have translucent, glass-like tops with jelly-like contents, stored for the times of drought. Leaf translucence has earned this and several other succulents with similar appearance the local Afrikaans name of waterglasie (little water glass).

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Bulbine mesembryanthoides Haw.
Philos. Mag. J. 65: 31 1825
Synonymy: 4 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Bulbine mesembryanthoides subs. namaquensis G.Will.
Aloe 36(1): 14-15, ills., 1999

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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: window plant
AFRIKAANS (Afrikaans): waterglas, waterkannetjies

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Bulbine mesembryanthoides group

  • Bulbine mesembryanthoides Haw.: Tuber globose, elongating into the root. Leaves 2-3, terete, mostly acute even when withering. Inflorescence usually with 3-6 flowers. Flowers with a single tuft of hairs. Distribution: Northern Cape, Western Cape.
  • Bulbine mesembryanthoides subs. namaquensis G.Will.: Tubers deltoid. Leaves 1 normal and 1 vestigial, normal leaf truncate, terete, vestigial leaf falcate, acute. Inflorescence shorter, 1 to 7-flowered. Flowers with a double tuft of hairs. Distribution: Northern Cape.


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