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Babiana sprengelii

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Name

Identification
Babiana sprengelii Baker [family IRIDACEAE ] Gladiolus mucronatus Jacq. [family IRIDACEAE ] Babiana obliqua Phillips [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Babiana sprengelii
  • Babiana nana
  • Babiana obliqua
  • Gladiolus mucronatus

Flora

Entry for BABIANA Sprengelii 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 Sprengelii Baker [family IRIDACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 165;—Handb. Irid. 182.
BABIANA pygmæa Spreng. [family IRIDACEAE], in Herb. Zeyher.
Information
corm globose, 1/2 in. diam.; tunics brown, membranous; basal leaves 4–5, with a hairy petiole about 2 in. long and an oblique, oblong, acute, plicate lamina, 1–1 1/2 in. long, hairy and moderately firm in texture; flowers 1–2 in an erect spike reaching to the top of the leaves; outer spathe-valve 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 Saldanha Bay, Zeyher!
Notes
Perhaps only a variety of B. pygmæa, with which Dr. Klatt unites it.

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