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Babiana noctiflora
Night Bobbejaantjie is a small tuberous perennial bulb from the Iris family, native to the fynbos of the Western Cape in South Africa. It is rare and threatened by habitat loss, so it is best grown from nursery-raised stock rather than wild-collected bulbs.
Babiana noctiflora is a species of geophytic, perennial flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is part of the fynbos ecoregion. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs at Paardeberg. It has an area of occurrence of less than 10 km2 and there are two subpopulations that total less than 250 plants. The species has lost large parts of its habitat to the establishment of vineyards and orchards.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Babiana noctiflora 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.
