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:  A garden ornamental, escaping on roadsides, railway lines, etc. S.Aust.: SL.   W.Aust.; Vic.   Native to South Africa. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Oct., Nov.

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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