Citation: Lam., Encycl. 3:340 (1789).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Green ixia.

Description:
Perennial to 100 cm high; corm to 2 cm diam.; leaves 5-7, linear, acute, 40-55 cm long, 2-4 mm wide, with several prominent veins.

Scape unbranched; spike usually loose, with 12 to many flowers spirally arranged on an almost straight axis; spathes oblong, 8-10 mm long, scarious, straw-coloured, with 1 vein; flowers a bright blue-green, with a dark centre; perianth tube 6-9 mm long; lobes oblong, obtuse to subacute, 1.6-2.5 cm long, 7-11 mm wide; filaments 3-4 mm long, free; anthers 9-13 mm long, purple or yellow; style branches c. 3 mm long, spreading below the anthers.

Published illustration: Macoboy (1969) What flower is that?, fig. 527.

Distribution:  Many hybrid Ixia cultivars have also been widely grown for ornament, and may persist on roadsides, former garden sites, etc. S.Aust.: EP, NL, SL.   Native to South Africa. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Oct.

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

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available