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Bowiea volubilis

climbing onion

Synonyms
Bowiea kilimandscharica
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Botanical details
Family
Asparagaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Genus

Bowiea

Genus description

Bowiea are deciduous bulbous perennials with much-branched, twining fleshy green stems with minute leaves and racemes of small greenish-white or yellow flowers in summer

Name status

Correct

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