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Babiana torta
About
Babiana torta is a species of geophyte of 7–15 cm (2.8–5.9 in) high that is assigned to the family Iridaceae. It has pale mirror-symmetrical flowers with a long narrow tube that split into six tepal lobes, have three stamens, and line- to lance-shaped, laterally compressed, undulating and coiled leaves. It is an endemic species of South Africa that can be found in the extreme north of the Western Cape province and the coastal mountains of the Northern Cape south of Namaqualand. It flowers from mid May to mid June.
- Family
- Iridaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Babiana torta
- Slug
- babiana-torta
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Babiana
- Species
- torta
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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