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 robusta is a South African endemic species from the Western Cape and Western Cape Provinces. It is commonly known as Biesie or Blombiesie. It is often confused as a flowering grass because of its rush-like evergreen leaves. The 2 meter tall sunshine yellow flowers which appear in spring are beautiful and fragrant.