Baboon root (Babiana fragrans)
Description
Babiana fragrans is a species of plant flowering plant belonging to the family Iridaceae It is an endemism of the Cape Province in South Africa.It is a plant with leaves of 5-6 cm, with a petiole 2-4 cm long; fragrant flowers, arranged in a simple or bifurcated spike usually shorter than the leaves; with peduncle and scalp; spathe outer oblong-lanceolate, hairy; perianth lilac or red, with a tube that equals spathe and uneven oblong-unguiculate segments; stamens with half as long as the perianth of the extremities; flattened branches at the tip
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Asparagales
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Family: Iridaceae
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Genus: Babiana
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