This attractive winter growing bulb is distributed in the western and Karoo parts of South Africa.
The plants are often confused with Albuca spiralis or Albuca bruce-bayeri but unlike the latter the leaves are usually mostly coiled in the upper half and coil sideways. The leaves are also sticky, a feature seemingly missing in Albuca spiralis.
Albuca viscosa and Albuca spiralis flower at the end of the growing season while Albuca bruce-bayeri flowers in autumn. All three species have pendulous flowers.
Propagation is by seed or by dividing the bulbs.
It is a rewarding species to grow.
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