Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-  Plate No. 638

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-COMMON_NAMES- Stiff-leaved Babiana
-GENUS- Babiana
-SPECIES- Babiana spathacea
-CLASS- Triandria
-ORDER- Monogynia
-AUTHORITY- Gawler

-MODERN_GENUS- Babiana
-MODERN_SPECIES- Babiana sambucina
-MODERN_FAMILY- Iridaceae

-PLANT_TYPE- __
-COLOR- purple, violet or pale blue-mauve
-SEASON- winter - early spring
-NATIVE_REGION- S Africa
-ZONE- 9
-NON_PREF_TERM-SPECIES- Babiana gawler

-SOURCE- The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME- 17
-PUB_DATE- 1803
-REISSUED- __
-EDITOR- John Sims
-ARTIST- S. Edwards, Sansum
-NALPCD- Disc 0426 IMG0002.PCD
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