Babiana nervosa (Lam.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
Details
Babiana nervosa (Lam.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning, Bothalia 44: 47 (2014)
Babiana nervosa (Lam.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
Biostatus
Exotic
Cultivated
New Zealand
Political Region
Recorded as the heterotypic synonym Babiana stricta.
Nomenclature
(Lam.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
Lam.
Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
2014
47
ICN
species
Babiana nervosa
Classification
Vernacular names
Descriptions
Corm 1 × 1.5 cm; tunic fibrous, red-brown. Stem to 40 cm high, sturdy, curved, pubescent, purple above. Leaves c. ½ length of stem, to 1 cm wide, strongly plicate, pubescent. Spike 2-9-flowered; spathe-valves striate, ± 1.5 cm long, green with brown tips, softly hairy. Flowers ± 3 cm long, ± 3 cm diam., deep bluish-purple, or reddish-purple, or lilac; tube c. 7-10 mm long; lobes equal, inner with white spot in centre. Ovary pubescent.
Taxonomic concepts
Historic biostatus
Metadata
864edd95-06d0-4f5f-9bc9-99e28df163c7
scientific name
Names_Plants
8 December 2020
27 July 2022