Family: Iridaceae
Ixia paniculata
Citation:
Delaroche, Pl. Nov. Descr. 26 (1766).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Long-tubed ixia.
Description:
Perennial 30-90cm high; corm to 1.5 cm diam.; leaves 3-5, linear, acute, 15-60cm long, 3-10 mm wide, with prominent mid-veins.
Scape with 1-4 patent branches; spikes dense or loose, with 5-14 flowers spirally arranged on an almost straight axis; spatres oblong, 8-13 mm long, scarious, pale or with rust-brown apices and mid-vein; flowers cream to yellowish, shaded dull-pink inside the tube and on the underside of the lobes; perianth tube 4-7 cm long, very slightly and evenly widened, c. 3 mm diam. at the apex; lobes oblong, obtuse to emarginate, 1.5-2 cm long, 3-7 mm wide; filaments free, completely included in the tube, 5-6 mm long; anthers included or exserted, 6-8 mm long, pale-purple; style branches 1.5-2 mm long, above or below the anthers, with spathulate apices.
Published illustration:
Innes (1985) The world of Iridaceae, t. 123.
Distribution:
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A garden ornamental, escaping on roadsides, railway lines, etc.
S.Aust.: SL. W.Aust.; Vic. Native to South Africa.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: Oct., Nov.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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