• Hairy Baboon flower

Babiana villosula

  • Families: Iridaceae Crocoideae Croceae
  • English name: Hairy Baboon flower
  • Plant ID : 3607

  • Author : (Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748-1804)) John Bellenden Ker Gawler (1764-1842) ex Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel (1783-1856)
  • Zone : South Africa
  • Biological type : bulb
  • Adult size (h x w) : 0,66f x 0,66f
  • Sun exposure : part sun
  • Evergreen : deciduous in summer
  • Growth : fast
  • Hardiness : 19,4°F
  • Leaf color : dark green
  • Flower color : mauve
  • Formerly of wild origin : yes
  • Native : no
  • In danger : no
  • Edible : no
  • Precipitation : 500mm-900mm
  • FrostResistance >-5°C : yes
  • Gravelly soil : very much
  • Sandy soil : very much