Babiana salteri
Species of flowering plant
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Babiana salteri is a perennial flowering plant and geophyte belonging to the genus Babiana.[2] The species is endemic to the Western Cape. It occurs on the Knersvlakte between Vanrhynsdorp and the Van Rhyn's Pass. It is part of the vygieveld vegetation. The plant has a range of 500 km² and there are four subpopulations that are threatened by overgrazing and gypsum mining activities.[3]
| Babiana salteri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Genus: | Babiana |
| Species: | B. salteri |
| Binomial name | |
| Babiana salteri G.J.Lewis | |
