Taxon

Babiana mucronata subsp. minor

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Family: Iridaceae (Iris)
Distribution: Gifberg to Bokkeveld Escarpment
Habitat: Bokkeveld Sandstone Fynbos, Nardouw Sandstone Fynbos: Sandy flats and plateaus.
National red list: Endangered
Life form: Geophyte (bulb, corm or tuber - seasonally dormant)
Comments: Known from five only five locations in and around Nieuwoudtville, this species is one of the casualties of a booming rooibos tea industry, with the sandy soils in which it grows seeing rapid clearing for rooibos tea monoculture over the last decade.
Links: iNaturalist.org • Red List of South African Plants

Locations

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