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Babiana brachystachys

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Babiana brachystachys is a species of geophyte of 20–30 cm (7.9–11.8 in) high that is assigned to the family Iridaceae. It has cream or pale pink, only slightly mirror-symmetrical flowers that are pink on the reverse with a long narrow tube that splits into six tepal lobes, three stamens, a style that divides in three branches opposite the tip of the anthers and line-shaped leaves that are circular in cross section. It is an endemic species of South Africa that can be found on sandy hills and inland dunes in the Northern Cape province. It flowers in September and October.

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Family
Iridaceae

Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Babiana brachystachys
Slug
babiana-brachystachys
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Iridaceae
Genus
Babiana
Species
brachystachys
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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