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Babiana praemorsa
Common names: stompstertbobbejaantjie, perskussing (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae
The flowers of Babiana praemorsa are beautiful — trumpet-shaped, deep purple, with striking white marks on the lower tepals....
15 / 03 / 2010 | Colleen Rust | Hantam NBG
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Babiana noctiflora
Common names: night-scented baboon flower, night bobbejaantjie (Eng.); aandbobbejaantjie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae
A night-scented bobbejaantjie that is rare in fynbos, with yellow flowers that are adapted to their night-flying moth pollinators by remaining open and...
01 / 11 / 2021 | Tamanna Patel | TSP
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Babiana nervosa
Common names: baboon flower, babiana (Eng.), bobbejaantjie, bobbejaanuintjie, katjetie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae
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07 / 03 / 2022 | Ofentse Naanyane | Pretoria NBG
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Babiana hirsuta
Common names: red babiana (Eng.); rooibobbejaantjie, rooihanekam, strandlelie, sandlelie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae
Babiana hirsuta is a striking, robust, geophytic perennial that produces brilliant but unusual recurved red flowers on long flowering stems....
17 / 06 / 2013 | Werner Voigt | Karoo Desert NBG
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Babiana fragrans
Common names: fragrant blue babiana (Eng.); bobbejaantjie, bobbejaanuintjie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae
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26 / 11 / 2018 | Refilwe Maria Malatji | Pretoria NBG
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