Babiana stenomera Schltr.
Kareeberg Bobbejaantjie
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Summary
Babiana stenomera is a geophytic, perennial flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It grows to a height of 8–12 cm (3.1–4.7 in), has hardly pleated, sword-shaped leaves of about 5 mm (0.20 in) wide and reach about the same height as the flowers. The flowering stem carries five to eight 2-lipped bluish flowers with yellow markings. Flowers open in July. More on Wikipedia ›
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About the genus · Babiana
Babiana is a genus of geophytes in the family Iridaceae with 93 recognized species as of March 2022. The leaves consist of a stalk and a blade that are at an angle to each other. The leaf blades are entire, laterally flattened and pleated, and often hairy. More on Wikipedia ›
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Cultivation
Grouped as a bulb, tuber or caudex by the genus Babiana, which is reliably one kind of plant (archetype table). The table holds no figure for this group, which spans too much for one minimum, and no habitat climate is derived yet; no cold floor is given, and no prose comes from the table.
Climate across the habitat
Natural habitat
Photographs
Photographs: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY, via GBIF; Johannes Lundberg (S), CC BY, via GBIF; Ingrid P. Lin, CC0, via GBIF; unknown, CC BY, via GBIF (2); Naturalis Biodiversity Center, CC0, via GBIF (3).
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Papers naming this species
Works whose title or abstract names Babiana stenomera, most cited first, from OpenAlex (CC0). A mention, not a cultivation source: nothing on this page is drawn from them.
Related
Other Babiana 92 in the reference
Babiana ambigua Baboon-root
Babiana angustifolia Iridaceae Babiana arenicola Brandvlei Bobbejaantjie
Babiana attenuata Violet-scent Bobbejaantjie
Babiana auriculata Pakhuis Bobbejaantjie
Babiana avicularis Mini Rat-tail Bobbejaantjie
Babiana bainesii Nama Bobbejaantjie
Babiana blanda Pink Bobejaantjie
Babiana brachystachys Needleleaf Bobbejaantjie
Babiana carminea Limestone Bobbejaantjie
Babiana cedarbergensis Cederberg bobbejaantjie Babiana cinnamomea Cinnamon Bobbejaantjie all 93 ›History & registers
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