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Babiana ringens, the rat's tail, is a flowering plant endemic to Cape Province of South Africa. The foliage is long and erect with an inflorescence consisting of a sterile main stalk adapted for ornithophily, pollination by birds. The plant bears bright red, tubular flowers on side branches close to the ground. It is a perennial that grows in nutrient-poor sandy soil and flowers during the winter rains.

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  • Babiana ringens (ca)
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  • Babiana ringens és una espècie de planta bulbosa perenne de la família de les Fabaceae endèmica del Sud d'Àfrica, en concret del sud-oest del Cap, típica de les zones del Fynbos. És una espectacular planta de flors molt vistoses que amb cura creix molt bé en cultiu i s'adapta als recipients profunds, jardineres, llits elevats i rocalles. Segons la Red List of South African Plants, es troba en estat de preocupació menor (Least Concern en anglés). El seu nom comú és flor de babuí (Baboon flower), ja que aquests primats els agrada moltíssim alimentar-se de les flors d'aquesta planta. (ca)
  • Babiana ringens, appelée en Afrique du Sud « rat's tail' plant », littéralement « queue de rat », est une espèce de plante à fleurs endémique de la province du Cap en Afrique du Sud. (fr)
  • Babiana ringens är en irisväxtart som först beskrevs av Carl von Linné, och fick sitt nu gällande namn av Ker Gawl. Babiana ringens ingår i släktet Babiana och familjen irisväxter. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life. (sv)
  • Babiana ringens, the rat's tail, is a flowering plant endemic to Cape Province of South Africa. The foliage is long and erect with an inflorescence consisting of a sterile main stalk adapted for ornithophily, pollination by birds. The plant bears bright red, tubular flowers on side branches close to the ground. It is a perennial that grows in nutrient-poor sandy soil and flowers during the winter rains. (en)
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  • Babiana ringens és una espècie de planta bulbosa perenne de la família de les Fabaceae endèmica del Sud d'Àfrica, en concret del sud-oest del Cap, típica de les zones del Fynbos. És una espectacular planta de flors molt vistoses que amb cura creix molt bé en cultiu i s'adapta als recipients profunds, jardineres, llits elevats i rocalles. Segons la Red List of South African Plants, es troba en estat de preocupació menor (Least Concern en anglés). El seu nom comú és flor de babuí (Baboon flower), ja que aquests primats els agrada moltíssim alimentar-se de les flors d'aquesta planta. (ca)
  • Babiana ringens, the rat's tail, is a flowering plant endemic to Cape Province of South Africa. The foliage is long and erect with an inflorescence consisting of a sterile main stalk adapted for ornithophily, pollination by birds. The plant bears bright red, tubular flowers on side branches close to the ground. It is a perennial that grows in nutrient-poor sandy soil and flowers during the winter rains. The main stalk acts as a perch for birds, enabling birds to land within reach of the plant's flowers. The adaptation of the stalk was first noticed by Rudolf Marloth The bird that is the main pollinator of the plant is the malachite sunbird (Nectarinia famosa). The male sunbird is twice as likely to perch on the stalk as the female and, on average, spends four times longer on a perch. The stalk does seem to play a role in pollination as plants without a stalk produced only half as many seeds and see less cross-pollination as plants with a stalk intact. Accessing the flower from the stalk results in pollen being dusted on the breast of the sunbirds, although the birds may also sit on the ground to access flowers that lack stalks. It has been suggested that the evolution of the bare axis and the flowers being borne at the base may have been driven by selection through the action of grazing herbivores. (en)
  • Babiana ringens, appelée en Afrique du Sud « rat's tail' plant », littéralement « queue de rat », est une espèce de plante à fleurs endémique de la province du Cap en Afrique du Sud. (fr)
  • Babiana ringens är en irisväxtart som först beskrevs av Carl von Linné, och fick sitt nu gällande namn av Ker Gawl. Babiana ringens ingår i släktet Babiana och familjen irisväxter. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life. (sv)
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