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Babiana scabrifolia
Babiana scabrifolia is a perennial plant of 5–15 cm (2.0–5.9 in) high that annually forms leaves and flowers from an underground corm and is assigned to the Iris family. It produces relatively large, pale lilac or blue flowers slightly above the soil, and soft, lightly pleated leaves that reach beyond the flowers. These leaves are lance-shaped to oblong in adults, but line-shaped and twisted in non-flowering specimens. Flowering occurs from June to August. The species can be found in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Babiana scabrifolia can be found in the north-eastern Cederberg to the Olifants River Valley around Citrusdal and the Nardous Mountains in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Here its grows on stony and sandy lower mountain slopes in dry fynbos and karroo scrubland. It is pollinated by bees, including honey bees. The species readily reproduces by making small corms, which produce line-shaped, twisted leafs that contrast with the soft-textured and wide leaves of the adult corms. It is a locally common species, in particular in the northern parts of its range from Pakhuis Pass to the Nardous Mountains, that is known from over twenty locations. Even though some subpopulations are lost to expanding agriculture, most are safe from habitat loss, partially being in protected areas, and therefore it is unlikely that this species will be driven to extinction in the near future.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Babiana scabrifolia 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.
