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Babiana papyracea
Paperbract Bobbejaantjie is a small tuberous perennial from the Iris family, native to the Bokkeveld Plateau of the Northern Cape in South Africa. It is a rare, threatened species, so it is grown mainly by specialist bulb collectors rather than commonly sold.
Babiana papyracea is a species of geophytic, perennial flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. The species is endemic to the Northern Cape, occurring at Nieuwoudtville and forming part of the renosterveld. Since 1940, the species has lost 95% of its habitat to wheat production. The two remaining subpopulations are threatened by invasive species.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Babiana papyracea 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.
