Entry for BABIANA fimbriata 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 fimbriataBaker [family IRIDACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 166;—Handb. Irid. 182.
Antholyza fimbriataKlatt [family IRIDACEAE], in Linnæa xxxv. 299; Ergänz. 11.
Information
corm ovoid, 3/4–1 in. diam.; tunics of fine brown matted fibres; leaves about 6, with a long petiole and a slightly hairy, plicate, linear lamina of moderately firm texture, 4–6 in. long, 1/8– 1/4 in. broad; stem a foot long including the inflorescence; spikes 1–2, lax, with a slender nearly glabrous axis; outer spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, 1/2 in. long, subglabrous, green, with a brown scariose cusp; perianth pale lilac; tube as long as the spathe; limb ringent, under an inch long, with unequal, oblong-unguiculate segments; stamens nearly as long as the perianth-limb. null
Distribution
WESTERN REGION Little Namaqualand; between Zwartdoorn River and Groen River, Drège, 2619!
