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Babiana nana

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Name

Identification
Babiana nana (Andrews) Spreng. [family IRIDACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for BABIANA pygmæa 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 pygmæa Baker [family IRIDACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 165;—Handb. Irid. 181.
BABIANA nana Ker [family IRIDACEAE], Gen. Irid. 154.
Gladiolus nanus Andr. [family IRIDACEAE], Bot. Rep. t. 137.
Ixia pigmæa Burm. [family IRIDACEAE], Prodr. 1.
Information
corm ovoid, 1/2 in. diam.; tunics brown, membranous; leaves 4–5, with a petiole 2–3 in. long and a lanceolate, hairy, plicate lamina, 2–3 in. long, 1/3– 1/2 in. broad; flowers 2–6 in an erect spike, on a short hairy peduncle, reaching nearly to the top of the leaves; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, hairy, 3/4–1 in. long; perianth pale lilac; tube funnel-shaped, as long as the spathe; segments unequal, oblong-unguiculate, 1–1 1/4 in. long; stamens half as long as the perianth-limb. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Clanwilliam Div.; between Heeren Logement and Kanagas Berg, Drège, 2625!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Zeyher!

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