Citation: L., Sp. Pl. edn 2:1664 (1763).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Yellow ixia.

Description:
Perennial 20-60 cm high, sometimes producing stolons; corm to 1.8 cm diam.; leaves 5-8, linear to lanceolate, acute, 10-35 cm long, 2-8 mm wide, pale-green, with a distinct midvein.

Scape unbranched; spike dense, 4-18-flowered, obscurely distichous with a more or less fiexuose axis; spathes ovate to oblong, 8-14 mm long, scarious, usually pale at the base, rust-red or brown-streaked above, often dentate at the apex; flowers cream, yellow or orange, with a darker purple to reddish centre; perianth tube 5-9 mm long; lobes oblong to elliptic, obtuse to acute, 1.5-3 cm long, 8-12 mm wide; filaments 3-5 mm long, free or connate at the base; anthers 7-9 mm long; style branches 3-5 mm long, at the level of the anthers.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: EP, NL, SL, KI.   All States except the N.T.   Native to South Africa. Occasional on roadsides and old gardens. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Sept., Oct.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

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