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Babiana framesii 

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

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Babiana framesii, Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Babiana framesii flowering in spring in crevices in dolerite rocks near Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Babiana framesii

The long-proboscid fly (Prosoeca sp.), pollinating a flower of Babiana framesii in spring at Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]