Accession Data

Bowiea volubilis ssp. volubilis

Common Name: Climbing Onion

Family: Asparagaceae

Country of Origin: Uganda to S. Africa

Accession Data

Accession #: 201400140

Accession Date: 2014-03-20 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2208

Quantity: 2

Source: Devan Parker

Provenance: Mesa Garden seed of uncertain origin.
Rcvd as Bowiea kilimandscharica.
B. kilimandscharica considered a synonym, but the population is distant geographically from typical B. volubilis, and apparently has yellow flowers and some other distinctive features.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: monocots

Order: Asparagales

Family: Asparagaceae

SubFamily: Scilloideae

Tribe: Urgineeae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. (accessed 17 April 2014).
  2. WCSP (2014). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  3. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.

Images

Bowiea volubilis ssp. volubilis