{{Short description|Species of plant}} {{Speciesbox |taxon = Albuca acuminata |image = Albuca acuminata - Worcester.jpg |image_caption = |authority = Baker |synonyms={{specieslist |Ornithogalum acutum |J.C.Manning & Goldblatt 2003 |Albuca convoluta |E.Phillips 1926 }} }}
'''''Albuca acuminata''''' is a species of small, perennial, bulbous plant in the asparagus family. It is native to southern Africa from Namibia to the Cape Province of South Africa, where it occurs in rocky areas, as far east as Port Alfred.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=3795-1|title=Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants|website=redlist.sanbi.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=Plants of the World Online|title=Albuca acuminata Baker|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:527308-1}}</ref>
==Description== A geophyte reaching 20–30 cm in height. The bulb usually has numerous fibres around the top, made from the persistent remnants of the leaf-tunics. The species bears 2-to-10 smooth, slender, linear, channeled leaves. The leaves are clasping at the base.<ref>Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.</ref>
The slender peduncle terminates in a lax raceme. The flowers are drooping ('nodding') and pale yellow with broad green central stripes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Albuca_acuminata|title=Albuca acuminata | Pacific Bulb Society|website=www.pacificbulbsociety.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000755080|title=Albuca acuminata Baker|website=www.worldfloraonline.org}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}}
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acuminata Category:Flora of the Cape Provinces Category:Flora of Namibia
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