Skip to content
2Learn

Babiana hypogea

About

Babiana hypogaea is a perennial plant of about 5–8 cm (2.0–3.1 in) high that annually forms leaves and flowers from an underground corm that is assigned to the iris family. It has pale greenish yellow, buff or rarely white, mirro-symmetrical flowers and line- to sickle-shaped, slightly pleated, thinly hairy or hairless leaves that are held horizontally or inclined, that grows in the summer rainfall areas of southeastern Namibia and central and northern central South Africa. Flowers may be found between June and September and sometimes between December and May. It is called Bobbejaankalkoentjie, Bobbejaanuintjie or Ertappeluintjie in Afrikaans.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA

Family
Iridaceae

Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
Full detailsevery field on the record, to copy
Name
Babiana hypogea
Slug
babiana-hypogea
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Iridaceae
Genus
Babiana
Species
hypogea
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

Generated sections & citations

summarywikipedia