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Babiana pilosa
Babiana pilosa is a small geophytic perennial from the Iris family, growing 10 to 15 cm tall from a globe-shaped corm, with pink, mirror-symmetric flowers. It is endemic to the Western Cape of South Africa and grows in stony, quartzite hills of the succulent Karoo, so it needs dry, sharply drained conditions.
Babiana pilosa is a geophytic perennial flowering plant of 10–15 cm (3.9–5.9 in) that is assigned to the Iridaceae family. It has narrowly lance-shaped, slightly pleated leaves and pink mirror-symmetric flowers with cream-coloured markings. The species is endemic to the Western Cape. It occurs at Nuwerus and is part of the succulent Karoo vegetation. The species is considered rare.
Babiana pilosa occurs to the south and west of Nuwerus, towards Lutzville, in southern Namaqualand, Western Cape province of South Africa where it grows often on patches of quartzite in stony hills. It is only known from four locations, but the population is probably stable. Therefore it is considered rare in South Africa, but is global conservation status is least concern.
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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.
