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Babiana attenuata

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Iridaceae > Genus: Babiana

Babiana attenuata Babiana attenuata

Babiana attenuata with morning dew, flowering on granite. Hardeveld, Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Spring flowers - mauve Babiana attenuata, orange Arctotis campanulata and blue Felicia merxmuelleri on the Kamiesberg mountains, Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]