Summary description from Wikipedia:

Babiana in languages:

Afrikaans

Bobbejaantjies

English

Baboon Root

English

Bobbejaantjies

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Parent Taxon

• Iridaceae

Sibling Taxa

• Afrocrocus
• Babiana
• Chasmanthe
• Crocus
• Dierama
• Duthiastrum
• Geissorhiza
• Hesperantha
• Ixia
• Radinosiphon
• Romulea
• Sparaxis
• Syringodea
• Tritonia

Child Taxa

• Babiana ambigua
• Babiana angustifolia
• Babiana arenicola
• Babiana attenuata
• Babiana auriculata
• Babiana avicularis
• Babiana bainesii
• Babiana blanda
• Babiana blanda × villosula
• Babiana brachystachys
• Babiana carminea
• Babiana cedarbergensis
• Babiana cinnamomea
• Babiana confusa
• Babiana crispa
• Babiana cuneata
• Babiana curviscapa
• Babiana dregei
• Babiana ecklonii
• Babiana engysiphon
• Babiana fimbriata
• Babiana flabellifolia
• Babiana foliosa
• Babiana fourcadei
• Babiana fragrans
• Babiana framesii
• Babiana gariepensis
• Babiana geniculata
• Babiana grandiflora
• Babiana hirsuta
• Babiana horizontalis
• Babiana hypogaea
• Babiana inclinata
• Babiana karooica
• Babiana lanata
• Babiana lapeirousioides
• Babiana lata
• Babiana latifolia
• Babiana leipoldtii
• Babiana lewisiana
• Babiana lineolata
• Babiana lobata
• Babiana longicollis
• Babiana melanops
• Babiana minuta
• Babiana montana
• Babiana mucronata
• Babiana namaquensis
• Babiana nana
• Babiana nervosa
• Babiana noctiflora
• Babiana odorata
• Babiana papyracea
• Babiana patersoniae
• Babiana patula
• Babiana pauciflora
• Babiana petiolata
• Babiana pilosa
• Babiana planifolia
• Babiana praemorsa
• Babiana pubescens
• Babiana purpurea
• Babiana pygmaea
• Babiana radiata
• Babiana regia
• Babiana rigidifolia
• Babiana ringens
• Babiana rivulicola
• Babiana rubella
• Babiana rubrocyanea
• Babiana salteri
• Babiana sambucina
• Babiana scabrifolia
• Babiana scariosa
• Babiana secunda
• Babiana sinuata
• Babiana spathacea
• Babiana spiralis
• Babiana stenomera
• Babiana striata
• Babiana symmetrantha
• Babiana tanquana
• Babiana teretifolia
• Babiana torta
• Babiana toximontana
• Babiana tritonioides
• Babiana tubaeformis
• Babiana tubiflora
• Babiana tubulosa
• Babiana unguiculata
• Babiana vanzijliae
• Babiana villosa
• Babiana villosula
• Babiana virescens
• Babiana virginea

Top Observation Places

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