Modern AI botanical interpretation of a whole flowering corkscrew albuca.
Modern AI growing-stage albuca interpretation; fine flowers schematic, genus tepal arrangement selected.
Overview
The Royal Horticultural Society describes corkscrew leaves during the growing season and a single central flower spike bearing hanging yellow and green flowers on separate stalks. Its cultivated account places flowering in late winter to early spring and summer dormancy; those seasonal terms belong to the stated horticultural setting. The genus has narrow leaves and flowers with three spreading tepals and three forming a tube.
Kew accepts Albuca spiralis in Asparagaceae and Asparagales and records a native range in the Western Cape. It is a bulbous geophyte primarily associated with the subtropical biome. The accepted name was first published in 1782. Kew lists Falconera spiralis, Ornithogalum circinatum and Ornithogalum volutare as nomenclatural synonyms, while marking the first two as not validly published and illegitimate respectively. These historical combinations concern naming and classification, not three additional corkscrew species.
Origins & earliest records
Accepted Kew identity; seasonal morphology described by RHS.
Evidence & interpretation
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Selected bibliography
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Albuca spiralis
Cultivation season bounded; genus floral architecture stated as genus.
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Albuca spiralis L.f.
Accepted name, current family and three synonyms.
Family & connections
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- Scientific or institutional accountAlbuca spiralisResearch access: 2026-10-12
- Scientific or institutional accountAlbuca spiralis L.f.Research access: 2026-10-12
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Modern scientific interpretationModern AI botanical interpretation of a whole flowering corkscrew albuca.
Modern AI growing-stage albuca interpretation; fine flowers schematic, genus tepal arrangement selected.