Babiana Virescens
''Babiana virescens'' is a species of flowering plant from the family Iridaceae. Description Plants range from 70 - 200 mm tall. Leaves are oblong to lanceolate, with a slight twist in distally. Leaf blades are suberect and 10-18mm long. Plants can host from three to seven flowers. Flowers range in colour from a pale grey-green to greyish lilac. Petals host purple streaks. Flowers are zygomorphic and possess a sweet spicy scent. Distribution and habitat ''Babiana virescens'' is Endemism, endemic to South Africa where it can be found in both the Northern Cape and Western Cape. This species can be found in elevated habitat such as hillsides and valley slopes where it grows in shrublands. It can be found in both Fynbos and Succulent Karoo shrubland habitats. ''B. virescens'' has a preference for loam and gravely soils where it can also sometimes be found growing alongside outcrops of granite rock. Threats Populations of ''B. virescens'' are Threatened species, threaten ...
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Flowering Plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants that produce their seeds enclosed within a fruit. They are by far the most diverse group of land plants with 64 orders, 416 families, approximately 13,000 known genera and 300,000 known species. Angiosperms were formerly called Magnoliophyta (). Like gymnosperms, angiosperms are seed-producing plants. They are distinguished from gymnosperms by characteristics including flowers, endosperm within their seeds, and the production of fruits that contain the seeds. The ancestors of flowering plants diverged from the common ancestor of all living gymnosperms before the end of the Carboniferous, over 300 million years ago. The closest fossil relatives of flowering plants are uncertain and contentious. The earliest angiosperm fossils ar ...
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