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Babiana villosa

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 villosa

A Monkey beetle (Lepithrix ornatella), on the carmine colour form of Babiana villosa in spring near Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Babiana villosa

The carmine form of Babiana villosa flowering in spring in Renosterveld near Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Babiana villosa red colour form, under cultivation in Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Babiana villosa pink colour form, under cultivation in Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]