Species Babiana sambucina
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Range:
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.
Scientific name:
Babiana sambucina (Jacq.) Ker Gawl.
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Synonym of:
Unknown
Synonym status:
Cormous geophyte, 5--14 cm, stem usually underground, shorter than leaves. Leaves lanceolate, hairy. Flowers zygomorphic, blue to purple with white markings, fragrant, tube elongate, straight. July--Sept. Rocky slopes and flats, fynbos and renosterveld, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (Bokkeveld Mts to Port Elizabeth, Karoo, E Cape).
Observations of Taxon
Babiana sambucina
Name of observer:
Manning & Goldblatt (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection:
Babiana sambucina
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
07/09/2020 - 11:59am
Collection:
Babiana sambucina
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
07/09/2020 - 12:57pm
Collection:
Babiana sambucina
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Name of observer:
Barbara Jeppe (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Babiana sambucina
Name of observer:
Yvette van Wijk (Yvette)
Date observed:
13/09/2017 - 1:10pm
Collection: