Bobartia is an evergreen genus in the Iridaceae family that has a creeping or erect rhizome as a rootstock. Most of the flowers are 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. The Bobartia genus is named after the first curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden, Jacob Bobart.

Bobartia aphylla, synonymously known as Bobartia keetii and commonly known as Biesie or Biesroei, is a South African endemic species from the Eastern Cape and Western Cape Provinces. It is an evergreen species reaching 30-60cm tall with terete leaves and yellow flowers enclosed in green spathes from summer to autumn.