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Babiana inclinata
Babiana inclinata is a small, cormous geophyte from the Iris family, native to the lowlands of the Western Cape in South Africa. It is a rare species whose survival depends on protecting its remaining renosterveld habitat from fire, invasive plants and habitat loss.
Babiana inclinata is a species of geophytic, perennial flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and is part of the renosterveld. It occurs in the lowlands between Piketberg, Porterville, Gouda and Darling. The plant had a range of 2 800 km2 but has lost 95% of its habitat to grain cultivation. There are only 10 fragmented subpopulations left, mostly in road reserves. The subpopulations are threatened by excessive fire, invasive plants and the absence of specialist pollinators.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
