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Babiana pygmaea, known in English as the cream bobbejaantjie, is a perennial plant of about 10 cm (3.9 in) high that annually forms leaves and flowers from an underground corm that is assigned to the iris family. It has bowl-shaped, pale yellow flowers with six perianth lobes, purplish in its heart, emerging from a cylindrical tube, and lance-shaped, pleated and heary leafblades that are almost at a right angle with the sheaths. The species can be found in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is called geelbobbejaantjie in Afrikaans.
Geelbobbejaantjie can be found around Darling in the Western Cape province of South Africa. With its scentless, bowl-shaped pale yellow flowers and dark purplish heart, the species is typically adapted to pollination by monkey beetles. Small subpopulations remain on four to six locations after most renosterveld in the Swartland area has been reclaimed for agriculture. Even there, the species remains under pressure due to competition by unchecked invasive plants such as Acacia, and local heavy grazing. The total population in 2015 was estimated at less than 1500 specimen and is expected to further decline. Therefore, geelbobbejaantjie is considered to be critically endangered.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Babiana pygmaea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
