Species Babiana obliqua
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There aren’t any identifications of Babiana obliqua.
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Location unknown
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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 obliqua:
From the Latin obliquus meaning ‘slanting sideways’
Scientific name:
Babiana obliqua E. Phillips
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Synonym status:
Cormous geophyte to 16 cm. Leaves very obliquely lanceolate, not plicate, hairy. Flowers zygomorphic, lilac with yellow markings. July. Sandy coastal soils, NW, SW (Lambert's Bay to Mamre).
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Babiana obliqua.