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Freesia marginata
Also called Breede Valley Kammetjie
Freesia marginata is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is a perennial geophyte native to the Western Cape and is endemic to the Breede River Valley between Worcester and Robertson. The species has a range of only 113 km2. The plant has lost 50% of its habitat to the establishment of olive groves and vineyards. The process is still ongoing.
Freesia alba · Karoo Kammetjie · Fragrant Freesia · Common freesia · Riversdale Freesia · Painted Kammetjie · Forest Freesia · False freesia · Freesia · Shy Kammetjie · Freesia praecox · Garden Freesia
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Freesia marginata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
