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Babiana lineolata
Narrow Bobbejaantjie is a small tuberous perennial from the Western Cape of South Africa, growing from a corm. It is a species that is threatened by habitat loss and is grown mainly by enthusiasts of South African bulbs.
Babiana lineolata is a perennial flowering plant and geophyte belonging to the genus Babiana. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs in the Koue Bokkeveld, southern Olifants River Valley and on the Piketberg. The plant has already lost 45% of its habitat to crop cultivation and the fields are still being expanded in the Sandveld, north of Piketberg. The plant was last seen in the Olifants River Valley at Citrusdal in 1945 and is considered locally extinct.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Babiana lineolata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
