Babiana cuneifoliaBaker [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by Goldblatt, P., Babiana pubescens(Lam.) G.J.Lewis [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
Babiana flabellifolia
Babiana bainesii
Babiana hypogea
Babiana pubescens
Babiana cuneifolia
Flora
Entry for BABIANA cuneifolia Baker [family IRIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 7, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
BABIANA cuneifoliaBaker [family IRIDACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1876, 335;—Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 165; Handb. Irid. 182.
Information
corm globose, 1 in. diam.; tunics of fine matted brown fibres; leaves 5–6, with an underground petiole sometimes 5–6 in. long, and an oblique, deltoid, very plicate lamina of firm texture, and more or less hairy, 1 1/2–2 in. long; flowers 5–6 in a congested spike reaching to the top of the leaves; spathe-valves lanceolate, acuminate, 1 1/2 in. long; perianth bright lilac; tube as long as the spathe; limb above an inch long, with unequal, oblong-unguiculate segments; stamens half as long as the perianth-limb. null
