About Babiana tubulosa (Burm.f.) Ker Gawl.
Babiana tubulosa is a perennial flowering geophyte that belongs to the genus Babiana. This species is endemic to the Western Cape of South Africa, where it grows in fynbos vegetation across an area stretching from Vredenburg to Mamre. Its total range covers less than 1,566 km², and it is currently divided into 20 separate subpopulations. The remaining existing subpopulations are under threat from residential and infrastructure development on the Vredenburg Peninsula, particularly in the areas of Dwarskersbos, St. Helena Bay, Saldanha, Jacobsbaai and Langebaan. In regions around Mamre and Darling, the species has already lost much of its native habitat to agricultural crop cultivation.
