Babiana regia is a perennial flowering plant and geophyte belonging to the genus Babiana. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs from Agter-Paarl to Stellenbosch in the fynbos and renosterveld. It has a range of less than 10 km2 and there are six small, fragmented subpopulations. The total population is less than 1 000 plants.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of King Winecup Bobbejaantjie being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Babiana rubrocyanea
- Babiana angustifolia
- Geissorhiza eurystigma
- Codonorhiza azurea
- Geissorhiza radians
- Geissorhiza splendidissima
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Babiana
- Species
- Babiana regia
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