Babiana sambucina subsp. sambucina N.E.Br.

Subspecies

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Characteristics

Leaves lanceolate to linear or subterete, short or long-hairy or hispid, sometimes glabrescent. Spike with bracts mostly 25-40 mm long, green with rust-coloured tips, variously scabrid to long-hairy. Flowers with lateral tepals occasionally with red in throat, intensely to lightly fragrant, rarely evidently odourless; perianth tube 30-50(-60) mm long, gradually flaring, straight; tepals subequal, (20-)30-35 x 6-12 mm or dorsal slightly longer. Filaments 10-20 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Distribution

Babiana sambucina subsp. sambucina world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77170440-1
WFO ID wfo-0000790703
COL ID 5FW3M
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Synonyms

Babiana gawleri Babiana stellata Babiana undulato-venosa Babiana sambucina subsp. sambucina