| Author: | Ernst
Gottlieb von Steudel, 1840 |
| Family: |
IRIDACEAE |
| Origin: |
Cape
Province; South Africa |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
2,5 Centimetres |
| Height: |
25 Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Pale
Violet - Pale Blue |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Bulbs |
| Names:
|
Baboon-Root |
| Synonyms: |
Gladiolus fragrans Jacq.
Babiana plicata Ker Gawl.
1801.
Gladiolus distichus, Roem. & Schult. 1817.
(Isonym:
Babiana fragrans, Goldblatt & J.C. Manning, 2004).
Babiana disticha, Ker Gawl.
Babiana lilacina, Eckl.
Babiana punctata, Klatt.
Babiana reflexa, Ker Gawl.
Gladiolus fragrans Jacq.
Gladiolus reflexus Licht. ex Roem. & Schult. |
This member of the Iridaceae family was
given this name by Ernst
Gottlieb von Steudel in 1840. It is found in the Cape Province of
South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and
some to lots of sun. The bulb will grow to two and a half
centimetre, the leaves reach 25 centimetres. The flowers are pale
violet or blue. The
genus name is derived from the Dutch word baviaan, referring to the
Chacma baboon, Papio ursinus, that consumes the corms of plants in
the genus. The species name means 'emitting a smell, smelling;
fragrant, sweet scented or smelling'.
It will
flower in the very early spring. |
