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Babiana angustifolia

Rings beach, Kuaotunu, Sept.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Waikumete, Auckland.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 22/10/2007, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Babiana stricta.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Naturalised in hind dunes, Castlecliff Beach, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 29/10/2017, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

baboon-flower

Biostatus

Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Monocots

Flower colours

Violet/Purple

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Babiana

Family

Iridaceae

Authority

Babiana angustifolia Sweet

Synonyms

Also known as Babiana stricta var. angustifolia (Sweet) Baker (see http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-326789). In NZ this species has, incorrectly, been called B. stricta in the past but that is a separate species.

Endemic family

Ecology

Year naturalised

1972

Origin

South Africa

Other information

Etymology

babiana: From the Dutch word babiener ‘baboon’, which is said to eat the bulbs

angustifolia: From the Latin angustus ‘narrow, constricted’ and folius ‘leaf’, meaning narrow-leaved

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