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Babiana stricta (Aiton) Ker Gawl.

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Babiana stricta (Aiton) Ker Gawl. (1803)
Babiana nervosa (Lam.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

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(Aiton) Ker Gawl.
Aiton
Ker Gawl.
1803
ICN
Gladiolus strictus Aiton
species
Babiana stricta

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asparagales
Iridaceae
Babiana
stricta

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Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. 1980: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. III. Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous and Spathaceous Monocotyledons. Government Printer, Wellington.

Babiana stricta (Aiton) Ker Gawl.

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.

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Babiana stricta (Aiton) Ker Gawl.
Babiana stricta Ker Gawl.
Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. (1980)

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90687899-411b-4186-8140-16960cbd3b73
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1 January 2000
9 March 2022
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