kingdom: Plantae >
subkingdom: Pteridobiotina Britton & Brown >
phylum: Tracheophyta >
class: Liliopsida >
order: Asparagales >
family: Asparagaceae >
genus: Merwilla Speta >
species: Merwilla plumbea (Lindl.) Speta >
Cape Provinces , Free State , KwaZulu-Natal , Lesotho , Malawi , Mozambique , Northern Provinces , Swaziland , Zimbabwe