About Babiana purpurea (Vahl) Ker Gawl.
Babiana purpurea is a perennial flowering geophyte that belongs to the genus Babiana. This species is endemic to the Western Cape, South Africa, growing in fynbos and renosterveld vegetation across the area from Botrivier to Bredasdorp and Robertson. Its total range is smaller than 5000 km², and it is divided into just two subpopulations. Over the past 60 years, the species has lost 80% of its original habitat to vineyard and orchard establishment. One of its two subpopulations grows on commonage land in Caledon, while the second occurs on a road shoulder, where it is threatened by road construction and road maintenance work.
