Babiana hirsuta (Lam.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Species

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Characteristics

Plants 400-700 mm high. Stem erect, densely hairy, with several, short, horizontal branches. Leaves lanceolate, firm, pleated, minutely hairy or scabrid. Spikes horizontal, crowded, many-flowered; bracts smooth or minutely hairy, green with dry brown tips, outer 18-30 mm long, inner slightly shorter, divided to ± middle, transparent in midline, prominently 2-veined. Flowers zygomorphic, facing spike apex, bright red, lower tepals yellow marked with green to black at base, unscented; perianth tube narrowly funnel-shaped, expanded in upper half, curving upward away from spike apex, 30-40 mm long; tepals unequal, ± clawed, dorsal 16-20 mm long, erect, margins curving inward enclosing filaments, lower tepals united with upper laterals for ± 6 mm in a prominent lip, lower and upper laterals ± 8 mm long. Stamens unilateral; filaments straight, erect, unilateral, 37-40 mm long, enclosed by upper tepal; anthers 5-7 mm long. Ovary smooth; style dividing between base and middle of anthers, branches ± 4 mm long.
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Cormous geophyte, 400-700 mm tall, with short, horizontal branches. Leaves lanceolate, pleated, smooth. Flowers many in a dense, horizontal, secund spike, zygomorphic, bright red, perianth tube elongate, 30-35 mm long, wider in the upper half, bracts smooth, the inner forked at the tip.
Cormous geophyte, 40-70 cm, with short, horizontal branches. Leaves lanceolate, glabrous. Flowers zygomorphic, bright red, inner bracts divided to base, ovary smooth.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Images

Babiana hirsuta unspecified picture

Distribution

Babiana hirsuta world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77091747-1
WFO ID wfo-0000834822
COL ID 5VYPP
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Synonyms

Antholyza hirsuta Antholyza namaquensis Antholyza plicata Gladiolus sulcatus Babiana hirsuta Antholyza hirta Babiana thunbergii Gladiolus mollis Anaclanthe namaquensis Anaclanthe plicata