Babiana Purpurea - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Basil USDA Zone - 6

USDA Zone - 6

the features are blue flowers on long dense inflorescens

it is an annual

25cm wide and mature from green to yellow approximately 100 days after transplanting (Long season)

this has been reinstated as a species from the Karoo

Babiana Purpurea - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Basil USDA Zone - 6Babiana is a genus of flowering plants in the Family Iridaceae composed of about 80 species. Most of these species (about 49) are found in the south western Cape of Africa, with the remainder distributed in Namaqualand and Northern Cape Province. The native range of the genus is from southern Namibia to the Eastern Cape to southern Zimbabwe, with one species from Socotra off the coast of Somalia. The genus name is derived from the Dutch word baviaan,