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Babiana ringens

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 ringens Babiana ringens

A male Malachite sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) in breeding plumage, pollinating Babiana ringens in burnt sandveld north of Joostenberg, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Babiana ringens flowering in spring in the Silvermine reserve on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]