Species Babiana mucronata
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Range:
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Etymology of Babiana:
Unusual among South African plants in the name being derived from the vernacular Dutch, "baviaantjie", Afrikaans "bobbejaantjie" or its Cape corruption "babiaantjie". The baboon, bobbejaan, is partial to the corms.
Etymology of mucronata:
From the Latin mucronatus = ‘sharp pointed’.
Scientific name:
Babiana mucronata (Jacq.) Ker Gawl.
Common names:
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Synonym status:
Cormous geophyte, 5--15 cm. Leaves lanceolate, hairy. Flowers zygomorphic, lower tepals somewhat clawed, contiguous below and diverging obliquely above, pale blue with yellow lower tepals, scented, inner bracts free, ovary hairy. July--Sept. Rocky sandstone slopes and flats, NW (Bokkeveld Mts to Tulbagh).
Observations of Taxon
Babiana mucronata
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
06/09/2013 - 4:24pm
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