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 longicyma is a South African endemic species from the Western Cape Province. Growing up to 1.8 meters in height, Bobartia longicyma is found on sandy flats and lower slopes in the southwest and southern Cape. The yellow flowers are enclosed by green to purple spathes, arranged in a small head of long individual clusters.