Bobartia is an evergreen genus in the Iridaceae family that has a creeping or erect rhizome as a rootstock. Most of the flowers are fleeting and yellow. The 14 species are found in the western and eastern Cape of South Africa and are mostly montane and found in rocky sandstone soils.
Bobartia gracilis is an evergreen Eastern Cape species with long whip-like leaves and bright yellow flowers in clusters at the tops of willowy stems. It grows in coastal grasslands and blooms sporadically, but especially in spring. Photo by Cameron McMaster.
Bobartia longicyma in found on sandy flats and lower slopes in the southwest and southern Cape. The yellow flowers are enclosed by green to purple spathes, arranged in a small head of long individual clusters. Photos by Cameron McMaster taken in the Overberg.
Bobartia sp. This unidentified species was blooming in the southwestern Cape in September 2003. Photo by Bob Rutemoeller.
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