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Babiana sambucina

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Name

Identification
Babiana sambucina (Jacq.) Ker Gawl. [family IRIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Babiana sambucina

Flora

Entry for BABIANA sambucina Ker [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 sambucina Ker [family IRIDACEAE], in Konig and Sims' Ann. i. 234;—Bot. Mag. t. 1019; Gen. Irid. 152; Baker, Handb. Irid. 181.
Gladiolus sambucinus Jacq. [family IRIDACEAE], Hort. Schoenbr. t. 15.
Gladiolus ringens, ε [family IRIDACEAE], Herb. Thunb.
Information
corm globose, tunicated; basal leaves 5–6, ensiform, petioled, plicate, pilose, overtopping the inflorescence, about 1/2 in. broad; peduncle including inflorescence 1/2–1 ft. long; flowers in few or several dense spikes; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, pubescent, 1 1/2–2 in. long; perianth deep lilac; tube 1 1/2–2 in. long, funnel-shaped at the top; segments subequal, oblong-spathulate, 1 in. long; stamens not more than half as long as the segments; style-branches cuneate at the tip. null
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Thunberg!

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